The House Intelligence Committee on Monday issued a subpoena to Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, as part of House Democrats’ rapidly intensifying impeachment inquiry.
The committees demanded details about Giuliani’s interactions with Trump administration officials stemming from his influence campaign in the eastern European nation and his alleged role as an intermediary between the American and Ukrainian governments.
“Our inquiry includes an investigation of credible allegations that you acted as an agent of the president in a scheme to advance his personal political interests by abusing the power of the Office of the President,” Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff wrote to Giuliani. Monday’s letter was co-signed by Reps. Eliot Engel and Elijah Cummings, who chair the Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees, respectively.
The committees are investigating whether Trump compromised U.S. national security when he asked Zelensky for a “favor,” as described in a White House readout of a July 25 phone call between the two presidents, involving an investigation of Biden. Top Democrats have said Trump violated his oath of office and abused his power to extort a foreign leader to interfere in the 2020 presidential election on his behalf, and the allegations recently convinced Speaker Nancy Pelosi to formalize an impeachment inquiry.
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On Monday, Trump said Schiff should be arrested for treason.
“Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people,” Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to Schiff’s exaggerated paraphrase of the president’s phone call with Zelensky.
Trump told reporters later Monday that “we’re trying to find out” the identity of the whistleblower, even though he or she is entitled to anonymity under federal law. That suggestion has opened Trump up to allegations of witness intimidation.
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The committee is demanding Giuliani turn over documents related to Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine's president to investigate a political rival ahead of the 2020 election.
And they want them by October 15 https://t.co/NZl4wnl7tw
— POLITICO (@politico) September 30, 2019
House Intel issued the subpoena, in consultation with the Foreign Affairs & Oversight panels. The subpoena demands documents by October 15.
The committees also scheduled depositions for three of Giuliani’s business associates: Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, and Semyon “Sam” Kislin.
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) September 30, 2019
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