DEVELOPING: House Democrats threaten White House with subpoena for Ukraine documents.
WASHINGTON — House Democrats announced Wednesday that they would subpoena White House officials by the end of the week if their demands for documents related to the investigation into President Donald Trump's alleged efforts to push Ukraine to probe Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden were not met.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff, both California Democrats, planned to speak to reporters Wednesday morning despite the congressional recess, ahead of a closed-door Capitol Hill briefing with the State Department’s inspector general that was described as"urgent.
The request came on the heels of fresh executive branch resistance to congressional investigators, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday portraying himself as a defender of State Department officials against Hill bullying. In the wake of Pompeo's pushback, a deposition that was expected to take place before two congressional panels Wednesday with former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was delayed by a week.
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