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
Controlled by his mind. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers playwright and columnist bonnie greer, and kevin schofield, editor of politics home. Good evening. Buckingham palace has said that prince harry has begun legal action against the owners of the sun, the now defunct news of the world, and the daily mirror, in relation to alleged phone hacking. Its not yet clear when the princes allegations date from, but in a phone hacking criminal trial in 2011 he was named, along with prince william, as a victim. His move follows the announcement earlier this week that his wife meghan was taking a separate legal action against the mail on sunday. 0ur royal correspondent Johnny Dymond reports. All smiles at the end of a high profile tour. But in the works, a legal bombshell. Harry is suing two of the biggest Newspaper Groups in britain. Mira group newspapers, publishers of the daily mirror, and news group newspapers, which publishes the sun and the now
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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