Robert Blair refused to testify in November before House committees conducting the impeachment inquiry into Trump after the White House directed him not to appear for his deposition.
as the special representative for international communications policy, the White House announced Monday. Blair will lead U.S. efforts to promote a secure and reliable global communications system, the announcement said.and assistant to the president. The White House said he would continue in those roles.
The call touched off a chain of events that led to the House opening an impeachment inquiry into Trump. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has asked that Blair and several other witnesses who declined to cooperate with House impeachment investigators be called as part of theBesides Blair, Schumer wants to the Senate to hear testimony from Mulvaney, former national security advisor John Bolton and Michael Duffey, associate director for national security at the Office of Management and Budget.
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