Impeachment inquiry: subpoenas issued for Trump officials who refused to testify – live
House panels leading inquiry request documents and testimony from budget pair, while Bolton ‘in talks about possible deposition’
Meanwhile, Trump has arrived in South Carolina, where he will deliver remarks on criminal justice reform at the historically black Benedict College this afternoon.
The president was greeted on the tarmac by some of the state’s Republican lawmakers and a group of supporters, but protests against his speech were occurring elsewhere in the city of Columbia.
Protesters march through the streets of Columbia, SC ahead of the president’s criminal justice speech here at Benedict College. pic.twitter.com/NpiouNNljS
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that Michael Duffey, one of the OMB officials who has now been subpoenaed by the House committees leading the impeachment inquiry, played a key role in holding up military aid to Ukraine.
The Journal reported:
While career civil servants put an initial hold on the aid, Michael Duffey, associate director of national security programs in OMB, was given the authority for continuing to keep the aid on hold after the career staff began raising their concerns to political officials at OMB, according to the people familiar with the matter.
Mr. Duffey also began overseeing the process for approving and releasing funds, called apportionment, for other foreign aid and defense accounts, according to a public document indicating the change.