Trump Impeachment: House committees ask VP Pence for Ukraine documents

In the unfolding drama of the investigation of President Donald Trump for a possible impeachable offence over his call to Ukraine leader, three House committees have requested documents from Vice President Mike Pence concerning his role.

The House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform Committees made the request today asking Pence hand over the documents by Oct. 15.

“Recently, public reports have raised questions about any role you may have played in conveying or reinforcing the President’s stark message to the Ukrainian President,” the chairmen of the three committees wrote in a letter to Pence.

“Your failure or refusal to comply with the request, including at the direction of or behest of the president or the White House, shall constitute evidence of obstruction of justice of the House’s impeachment inquiry and may be used as an adverse inference against you and the president,” wrote House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).

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