Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other top administration officials have been called on by Congress to turn over related material.
Several top officials from the Trump administration face subpoena deadlines this week for material relating to the president's dealings with Ukraine, as House Democrats continue full steam ahead with their impeachment inquiry.
In their letters to Esper and Vought, House Democrats said they were investigating whether President Donald Trump jeopardized national security by trying to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. They are also looking at material related to why the White House decided to delay nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine.
It's unclear whether these officials will comply with the requests. White House lawyers sent a letter to congressional Democrats last week notifying them that Trump and members of his administration would not be cooperating in the impeachment inquiry. The attorneys argued that the probe was an illegitimate effort to overturn the results of the 2016 election.
U.S. Representative Jim Himes, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN last week that officials who choose to ignore subpoenas and other requests do so at their"own peril."
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