House Intel Cmte. Chairman Schiff says the NSA is withholding 'potentially relevant documents' from Congress regarding Ukraine just as President Trump's Senate impeachment trial is set to start.
"That is deeply concerning," Schiff continued."And there are signs that the CIA may be on the same tragic course. We are counting on the intelligence community not only to speak truth to power but to resist pressure from the administration to withhold information from Congress because the administration fears that they incriminate them."
Congressional Democrats have previously lamented the State Department and Pentagon's refusal to provide key documents related to Ukraine. The NSA and CIA did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NBC News.Trump's impeachment trial is set to begin on Tuesday. Democrats and Republicans are still battling as to whether additional documents and witnesses will be presented at the trial — something that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
The two articles of impeachment charge the president with abusing his power by pushing for Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden and Democrats while withholding nearly $400 million in military aid to the country as well as an official White House visit for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and with obstructing Congress' efforts to probe his conduct.
"Well, you know, unfortunately, I think those reports are all too accurate," Schiff said."The intelligence community is reluctant to have an open hearing, something that we had done every year prior to the Trump administration, because they're worried about angering the president."
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