RE: The answer when there is no answer(nm)
Posted on: January 22, 2020 at 11:04:26 CT
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Sept. 27)
Democrats subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sept. 27 for documents related to Ukraine.
Pompeo failed to comply with the Oct. 4 deadline to produce documents.
"Sadly there have been congressional inquiries that have harassed and abused State Department employees," Pompeo told reporters in Greece during a news conference with that country's foreign minister.
"We'll obviously do all the things that we are required to do by law," he said, without specifying how long it might take to comply.
Rudy Giuliani (Sept. 30)
Democrats subpoenaed Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Sept. 30 for documents related to his contacts and dealings with Ukrainian officials. Giuliani had played a central role in the controversy around the pressuring of the Ukrainian government to open investigations.
He told The Washington Post on Oct. 8 he would not comply with the subpoena.
"Let them hold me in contempt. We’ll go to court. We’ll challenge the contempt," he told The Washington Post.
Vice President Mike Pence (Oct. 4)
House Democrats issued a request for documents to Vice President Mike Pence relating to the inquiry on Oct. 4, but it appears that Pence's office will not comply with the request.
"Given the scope, it does not appear to be a serious request but just another attempt by the Do Nothing Democrats to call attention to their partisan impeachment," spokeswoman Katie Waldman said in a statement.
Pence's office was given an Oct. 15 deadline to produce the documents. A failure to comply with the request could constitute "evidence of obstruction," Democrats said.
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney/The White House (Oct. 4)
House Democrats sent a letter on Oct. 4 to acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney carrying subpoenas related to documents relating to the impeachment inquiry. The White House was given a deadline of Oct. 18 to comply.
The subpoena came after the White House ignored several other requests for documents.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper/The Pentagon (Oct. 7)
House Democrats also sought information from Defense Secretary Mark Esper on any relevant information on the withholding of military aid to Ukraine
They issued a subpoena to Esper and the Department of Defense on Oct. 7.
Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought (Oct. 7)
In response to media reports that Trump had ordered then-acting OMB Director Mick Mulvaney to halt military aid to Ukraine, House Democrats issued a subpoena on Oct. 7.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Wednesday Vought said he and his office would not be cooperating in the impeachment inquiry.
Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman (Oct. 10)
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Rudy Giuliani and Ukrainian-born business partners, were subpoenaed for documents relating to the impeachment inquiry on Oct. 10.
They were arrested on Oct. 9 on campaign finance charges and had been among the witnesses congressional investigators had hoped to question. The men helped Giuliani meet a Ukrainian prosecutor as part of Giuliani's push for an investigation into Biden.
Their federal indictment alleges they “conspired to circumvent the federal laws against foreign influence by engaging in a scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and state office so that the defendants could buy potential influence with candidates, campaigns and the candidates’ governments.”
Energy Secretary Rick Perry (Oct. 10)
The House Oversight, Intelligence, and Foreign Affairs committees subpoenaed Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Oct. 10 for documents relating to House Democrats' impeachment inquiry.
Congressional Democrats saw Perry as playing a role in "reinforcing the President's stark message to the Ukrainian President," the committees said in a letter.