Breaking: The White House says it will refuse to “participate” in the House impeachment inquiry, setting up a constitutional clash
In an extraordinary show of defiance, the White House said Tuesday it would refuse to “participate” in the House impeachment inquiry, setting up a direct constitutional clash between the two co-equal branches of government.
Rejecting what he called “your baseless unconstitutional efforts to overturn the democratic process,” Cipollone said Trump and his administration “cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry under these circumstances.
Two south Florida businessmen who worked with Rudolph W. Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer and back-channel emissary in Ukraine, will not give voluntary depositions Thursday, according to the Miami Herald.as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, is still scheduled to appear behind closed doors on Thursday but may run into the same State Department restrictions as Sondland.
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