The administration concealed the whistleblower complaint.
They blocked Congress from seeing duly subpoenaed witnesses and documents.
And Trump himself conducted a campaign of witness intimidation from the White House.
That's obstruction of Congress.
They blocked Congress from seeing duly subpoenaed witnesses and documents.
And Trump himself conducted a campaign of witness intimidation from the White House.
That's obstruction of Congress.
.@RepSylviaGarcia: "I am a lawyer and a former judge. I have never, ever seen anything like" Trump's months-long coverup "from a litigant or a party in any case, not anywhere."
@RepSylviaGarcia The coverup only accelerated on August 12—the day the whistleblower filed their complaint about Trump's corrupt quid pro quo with Ukraine.
@RepSylviaGarcia Once the complaint and the July 25 call became public, Trump publicly attacked any effort to hold him accountable.
@RepSylviaGarcia Those public attacks were matched by an unprecedented decision to attempt to block *all* administration officials and documents from Congress.
@RepSylviaGarcia The House subpoenaed 71 categories of documents from six agencies.
They tried to work with the administration to ease the administrative burden of their requests.
The response: a complete and total stonewall from the White House.
They tried to work with the administration to ease the administrative burden of their requests.
The response: a complete and total stonewall from the White House.
@RepSylviaGarcia .@RepSylviaGarcia provides "a sampling of the documents that we know that exist that are currently being withheld:"
@RepSylviaGarcia The administration didn't just block departments from producing documents; they also blocked individual witnesses from providing or even *identifying* relevant documents themselves.
@RepSylviaGarcia They did this by claiming the requests were tantamount to intimidation and bullying—directly contradicting the witnesses themselves.
@RepSylviaGarcia "Never in my time as a lawyer or as a judge have I seen this kind of total disrespect and defiance of a lawfully issued subpoena. And all on President Trump's orders."
