Republicans resume attacks on Trump impeachment inquiry; key witness defies subpoena

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

President Trump and his Republican allies resumed their attacks on the impeachment inquiry Monday as a former national security adviser defied a subpoena for a closed-door deposition at the outset of another busy week.

Charles Kupperman, who served as a deputy to former national security adviser John Bolton, filed a lawsuit on Friday, seeking guidance from a federal judge about whether he should listen to the executive branch, which has told him not to attend, or to Congress. Since there has not yet been a ruling, he declined to appear.

Kupperman listened in to the July 25 call in which Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. That call is at the center of the impeachment inquiry.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry-live-updates/2019/10/28/4d316e64-f96a-11e9-8190-6be4deb56e01_story.html

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Full headline: Live updates: Republicans resume attacks on Trump impeachment inquiry; key witness defies subpoena

Since this is a "Live update" column, it may change as the day goes on.

[Roy Rolling]

1. "Filed a Lawsuit Seeking Guidance"

Yeah, that's gonna work. Not.

He fears Trump? He’s not fit to serve the American people if you ask me, and I’m sick of employing total nitwits. Let them take that cowardice into the private sector.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. K&R

[sakabatou]

3. All the people defying subpoena should be hit with contempt