WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over a whistleblower complaint alleging President Donald Trump's misconduct in a phone call with the Ukrainian president.
It is the first subpoena sent by the Democrats after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday the initiation of a formal impeachment inquiry into Trump over his interactions with Ukraine.
"Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we are hereby transmitting a subpoena that compels you to produce the documents set forth in the accompanying schedule by October 4, 2019," read a letter sent to Pompeo.
The subpoena was issued by Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in consultation with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings.
"The subpoenaed documents shall be part of the impeachment inquiry and shared among the Committees," the three chairmen wrote in the letter.
"Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House's impeachment inquiry," they told the top U.S. diplomat.
In addition to the subpoena, Engel, Schiff and Cummings had also scheduled depositions for five State Department officials, namely former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent, Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, according to a separate letter the chairmen sent to Pompeo.
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