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Deadline October 18.
So look for impeachment vote on October 19 (my guess)
This is better than a press conference
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Link to tweet
White House Subpoenaed in House Impeachment Inquiry
The President has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction, and cover-up.
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Washington, October 4, 2019
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 4, 2019)Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter conveying a subpoena to White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney for key documents as part of the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
During a press conference on Wednesday, President Trump was asked if he would cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry. He responded, I always cooperate. President Trumps claim is patently false. The White House has refused to engage withor even respond tomultiple requests for documents from our Committees on a voluntary basis. After nearly a month of stonewalling, it appears clear that the President has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction, and cover-up, the Chairmen wrote.
On September 9, 2019, the Committees sent a letter asking the White House to voluntarily produce documents by September 16, 2019. The White House did not produce any documents, did not send any reply letter, and did not acknowledge receipt of the request.
On September 24, 2019, the Committees sent a follow-up letter warning that the Chairmen would be forced to consider compulsory process if the White House continued to disregard the request, and they set a new deadline of September 26, 2019. Again, the White House ignored the request.
On October 2, 2019, Chairman Cummings sent a memo to Members of the Oversight Committee explaining that he intended to issue a subpoena today if the White House continued to disregard the requests. The White House has not produced any documents and has not sent any reply.
We deeply regret that President Trump has put usand the nationin this position, but his actions have left us with no choice but to issue this subpoena, the Chairmen wrote.
Click here to read the letter to the White House.
malaise
(269,067 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)malaise
(269,067 posts)Go Dems!
ITTMF RFN!
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)ha... we'll overwhelm and dominate your treasonous ass
struggle4progress
(118,298 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)struggle4progress
(118,298 posts)ffr
(22,671 posts)The lack of candor speak volumes as to now guilty these unethically bankrupt criminals are.
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)Probably because Trump will keep the subpoena spinning in the courts for at least that long.
I don't expect them ever to comply.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)I see a lot of DUers very excited about this news, but I fail to see why it is such an exciting piece of news when the WH has defied every other subpoena, so I have to ask...Why is this different? Does it weight more than the other bunch of subpoenas that were never answered?
Not sure if people remember, but this "ignore the subpoenas" started with Karl Rove, he was rendered a subpoena and he ignored it, the Democrats didn't do anything about it and the GOP learned from Rove that you don't have to respond to subpoenas because it no longer means anything, there will be no accountability.
So why is this news so exciting? And I really mean the question, I would like to know what I don't know. If someone can answer it that would be great.
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)As you can see here it gives the impression that things have gotten serious when in reality it's just a word, nothing more.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)...as with Nixon, ignoring subpoenas can constitute an article of impeachment.
UTUSN
(70,712 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)add it to the list of impeachable offenses, "Contempt of Congress". But then what????
Mr.Bill
(24,304 posts)One more count when it goes to the Senate.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)What then?
erronis
(15,303 posts)After all, I didn't know what I was doing.
And no, you still can't see my records.
malaise
(269,067 posts)Can't wait for this nightmare to end