Hello and welcome to bbc news. The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to acting white house chief of staff demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favors. They accused him of defiance, obstruction and cover up. Our washington corrrespondent, Chris Buckler has more about the demand for documents. We have a development from the democrats themselves. So these are the chairmen of three congressional committees, and they have all written together, demanding that the white house releases a number of documents that they requested just under a month ago. Now, in this letter, as you mentioned there, they say that they believe the white house has refused to engage with or even respond to multiple requests for documents from their committees on a voluntary basis. After nearly a mont
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. We start with some breaking news, and that is that the white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democrats led Enquiry Committee said they sent a letter to acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney demanding evidence relating to allegations that trump pressured ukraine for political favours, and they accused him of defiance, obstruction and cover up. We can speak to the bbcs Chris Buckler in washington. This is moving quite quickly. We spokejust washington. This is moving quite quickly. We spoke just one hour ago and there was lots to pick through then. Now, talk us through what has happened . I said then the talk was about impeachment here in washington as the sun went down. Now the sun has gone down and we have a development from the democrats. These are the chairman of three congressional committees, and they have all written together demand
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