Former National Security Advisor John Bolton is refusing to cooperate with Adam Schiff's impeachment farce, and will not testify in front of the House Intelligence Committee, The Hill is reporting.
The House of Representatives Democrats running the inquiry want to hear first-hand from the mustachioed foreign-policy hawk who, according to the testimony of other officials, was alarmed by a White House effort to pressure the president of Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals.
"Obviously he has very relevant information and we want him to testify," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, one of the Democrats leading the effort, told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, referring to Bolton.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, are among those who have defied House subpoenas for documents, although other witnesses have appeared before the committee despite orders from the administration to steer clear.
The White House says the probe is illegitimate because the House did not hold a formal vote in order to start it.
JUST IN: Pointing to yesterday's ruling declaring their impeachment inquiry valid, House investigation leaders demand that KUPPERMAN honor their subpoena.
On Sunday, Schiff said he anticipated the White House would try to bar the former aide from appearing, but did not say whether he would he planned to call Bolton to testify in public or behind closed doors.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/bolton-sticks-schiff-pelosi-wont-testify-house-impeachment-inquiries
The House of Representatives Democrats running the inquiry want to hear first-hand from the mustachioed foreign-policy hawk who, according to the testimony of other officials, was alarmed by a White House effort to pressure the president of Ukraine to investigate Trump's political rivals.
"Obviously he has very relevant information and we want him to testify," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, one of the Democrats leading the effort, told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, referring to Bolton.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, are among those who have defied House subpoenas for documents, although other witnesses have appeared before the committee despite orders from the administration to steer clear.
The White House says the probe is illegitimate because the House did not hold a formal vote in order to start it.
JUST IN: Pointing to yesterday's ruling declaring their impeachment inquiry valid, House investigation leaders demand that KUPPERMAN honor their subpoena.
On Sunday, Schiff said he anticipated the White House would try to bar the former aide from appearing, but did not say whether he would he planned to call Bolton to testify in public or behind closed doors.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/bolton-sticks-schiff-pelosi-wont-testify-house-impeachment-inquiries
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