Pentagon will not comply with House impeachment subpoena

By Tony Bertuca / October 15, 2019 at 9:48 PM
The Defense Department will not comply with a subpoena from House committees seeking information related to an impeachment inquiry into President Trump and the decision to withhold U.S. military aid to Ukraine. The Pentagon will not provide the information because it does not think the subpoena is legitimate, according to a letter sent to lawmakers and signed by Robert Hood , the assistant secretary of defense for legislative affairs. Hood said the subpoena “raises a number of legal and practical...

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