Democrats have tried to speed up the impeachment process but face legal objections that could cost them their chance
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The Democrats are also trying to obtain documents from Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer who has spent months trying to convince Ukraine to launch investigations into Biden and his son. The pugnacious former New York mayor himself lawyered up after getting a subpoena Monday from three House committees demanding materials about his communications with Ukrainian officials.
In an interview Wednesday night, Giuliani said that “in order to obey” the subpoenas, “I’d have to violate attorney-client privilege.” Therefore, he added, disputing the subpoenas “would be taking the high road.”he plans to sue Congress and “the swamp” in retribution for the impeachment inquiry — a tactic Trump lawyers have also used at the federal and state level to halt the release of his tax returns.
In his own hyperbolic manner, Trump himself has vaguely alleged that the Democrats’ attempts to publicize the incident and gather information about it is illegal, claiming that Schiff should be prosecuted for treason over his description of Trump’s phone call with Zelensky.
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