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 the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favours. They accused the president of defiance, obstruction and cover up. Our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. What one president asked another is at the heart of a Democrat Impeachment enquiry. And they are determined to find out how far donald trump was prepared to go to push the ukrainian leader into investigating his political rival, joe biden, and a business with his son hunter. The chairman of three congressional committees have now issued subpoenas demanding documents that they hope will also reveal what was being discussed the white inside house. In an open letter, they said motor pool request had been ignored and
President or rather the former Vice President joe biden has responded fighting back oh everybody should be clear you should try. To start funding you should be im not going. I. Mean youre not going to be sure nursery i dont care what you are you still. Shear. True joy youre going to meet no 0. Time inching could could focus testimony to the president today kimberly. Well it is particularly damaging if it is made public right now this is a closed door hearing that is taking place on capitol hill and we should point out that the u. S. Special envoy kurt volker was adrian pretty much of an obscure diplomatic figure hardly a household name but now his name has been thrust into the headlines given the fact that he was not only on the orders of the president traveling to ukraine but particularly the timing that he went the day after that july 25th phone call that the u. S. President had with the ukrainian leader what the investigators on capitol hill in the form of the Congress Members are n
What weve heard from President Trump about how. He wants to ask china and the ukrainian press the president to investigate joe bodies and what does this mean for the impeachment investigation against them. Well hes just digging as hone hole deeper by. Reaching out to other governments for assistance not just the chinese but now apparently also the australians we dont know who else and this is a classic tactic by President Trump that hes used quite successfully as entire life deflected i dig in an attack and thats his effort if you saw that extraordinary press conference yesterday with the president of finland he never answered any of the questions he just attacked attack deflected and he thinks that this is going to work for him and it may have worked for him in business but it will not work in the United States government theres a checks and balances and what he will slowly learn and the faster the better because everything is going to come out what was the purpose of withholding the
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About. Changing tide in german politics those were the words of. The leader of the brandenburg. Party who made the headlines here in recent weeks because there was more evidence of his far right past this is something that if he continues to brush off as past days and says he wants to claim a new Center Ground after all the f. T. Sees itself as the only true representatives of the people that something they keep putting on their election posters as well. We are the people so this is the kind of push theyre trying to make here to become more mainstream and a stronger force and politics. Ok were going to cross over to the press conference which is just getting under way right now the far right d. Having his postelection press conference. Still struggling with the traffic hell be here in a moment a statement on him which i can understand the same start with i still like him very much for my god very good morning ladies and gentlemen with quotes statements and were going to tell us about h