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| Democrats threaten to subpoena White House for Trump-Ukraine documents – live | |
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| The impeachment inquiry continues to gain pace. House Democrats have announced they plan to subpoena the White House on Friday if the office of the president fails to comply with requests from Congress. | |
| An escalation in impeachment probe: After State and Giuliani have been hit with subpoenas, now the WH will be served with a subpoena for Ukraine documents if no compliance by Friday. https://t.co/jt5bGcUejI | |
| Lets return to some of the president’s inflammatory tweeting last night, in which he described the House impeachment inquiry as a “COUP”. | |
| We won’t embed the tweets here or reprint the contents due to their inflammatory and misleading nature, but they’re available to view here if you want to take a look. | |
| As you’d expect the comments are drawing serious criticism from a number of high profile Democrat. Probably the most newsworthy of all these is from California senator and presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who issued a press release this morning saying she has written to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, requesting Trump’s account be suspended. | |
| The letter cites a number of recent inflammatory messages, including Trump’s suggestion that House Intelligence Committee Chairman should be arrested for treason. | |
| Here’s an extract from the letter her campaign attached to the press release. | |
| Mr. Dorsey: | |
| I write to call your attention to activity that President Trump has been engaged in on his Twitter account, which appears to violate the terms of the user agreement that your company requires all users on the platform adhere to. | |
| Twitter’s user agreement specifically states that users “may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so,” which includes “violence against an individual or a group of people.” Furthermore, the agreement states that the platform considers abusive behavior as “an attempt to harass, intimidate, or silence someone else’s voice,” and that it prohibits “the glorification of violence.” | |
| In recent days, President Trump published the following tweets from his Twitter account to target, harass, and attempt to out the whistleblower who set forth credible allegations that the President has abused his power by urging a foreign government to investigate a domestic political rival. | |
| The letter concludes: | |
| No user, regardless of their job, wealth, or stature should be exempt from abiding by Twitter’s user agreement, not even the President of the United States. | |
| Look let's be honest, @realDonaldTrump's Twitter account should be suspended. | |
| Some more context on Secretary Pompeo’s admission that he took part in the July phone call between Donald Trump and Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky. | Some more context on Secretary Pompeo’s admission that he took part in the July phone call between Donald Trump and Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky. |
| Pompeo’s involvement in the call (he listened in to the conversation and does not appear to have actively participated) was first reported by the Wall Street Journal last week. Pompeo’s admission, made earlier today on an official trip to the Vatican, confirms this reporting. | Pompeo’s involvement in the call (he listened in to the conversation and does not appear to have actively participated) was first reported by the Wall Street Journal last week. Pompeo’s admission, made earlier today on an official trip to the Vatican, confirms this reporting. |
| Although Pompeo has sought to downplay the relevance of his participation, describing it as part of normal state department business, that explanation only takes you so far. | Although Pompeo has sought to downplay the relevance of his participation, describing it as part of normal state department business, that explanation only takes you so far. |
| Aside from the substance of the call, which involved Trump pushing Zelensky to commence a domestic investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden with the assistance of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, Pompeo has also pleaded ignorance over the existence of the conversation in previous interviews. | Aside from the substance of the call, which involved Trump pushing Zelensky to commence a domestic investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden with the assistance of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, Pompeo has also pleaded ignorance over the existence of the conversation in previous interviews. |
| When reports of the whistleblower complaint first emerged in last month, Pompeo was asked by ABC News about his knowledge of the conversation between Trump and Zelensky. His response, which I will publish in full below, was particularly evasive, and implied he was not aware of the nature of the conversation, which we now know he was participating in. | When reports of the whistleblower complaint first emerged in last month, Pompeo was asked by ABC News about his knowledge of the conversation between Trump and Zelensky. His response, which I will publish in full below, was particularly evasive, and implied he was not aware of the nature of the conversation, which we now know he was participating in. |
| ABC: And I want to turn to this whistleblower complaint, Mr. Secretary. The complaint involving the President and a phone call with a foreign leader to the director of national intelligence inspector general. That’s where the complaint was launched by the whistle-blower. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Trump pressed the president of Ukraine eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani to investigate Joe Biden’s son. What do you know about those conversations? | ABC: And I want to turn to this whistleblower complaint, Mr. Secretary. The complaint involving the President and a phone call with a foreign leader to the director of national intelligence inspector general. That’s where the complaint was launched by the whistle-blower. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that President Trump pressed the president of Ukraine eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani to investigate Joe Biden’s son. What do you know about those conversations? |
| Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. | Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. |
| Here’s what we’ll be following today: | Here’s what we’ll be following today: |
| US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has admitted he took part in the July phone call that is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, in which the US president put pressure on his Ukrainian counterpart to look for compromising material against Joe Biden. We’ll bring you reaction to that news as it happens. | US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has admitted he took part in the July phone call that is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, in which the US president put pressure on his Ukrainian counterpart to look for compromising material against Joe Biden. We’ll bring you reaction to that news as it happens. |
| State department inspector general Steve Linick is expected to give an urgent private briefing to several House and Senate committee staffers. Linick is said to have requested the meetings himself, according to reports. There is no official word on the substance of the meetings, but ABC News reports it concerns documents related to the state department and Ukraine. | State department inspector general Steve Linick is expected to give an urgent private briefing to several House and Senate committee staffers. Linick is said to have requested the meetings himself, according to reports. There is no official word on the substance of the meetings, but ABC News reports it concerns documents related to the state department and Ukraine. |
| Donald Trump will meet with Finnish president Sauli Niinistö at 12.10pm. The heads of state will hold a joint press conference later in the afternoon. | Donald Trump will meet with Finnish president Sauli Niinistö at 12.10pm. The heads of state will hold a joint press conference later in the afternoon. |
| Trump is facing a backlash after a series of incendiary Tweets yesterday evening referring to the House impeachment inquiry as a “COUP”. | Trump is facing a backlash after a series of incendiary Tweets yesterday evening referring to the House impeachment inquiry as a “COUP”. |