The vice president never mentioned the impeachment inquiry directly on Monday, spending most of his speech praising the Trump administration’s economic policies. Democrats overseeing the logistics of the testimony for the House impeachment inquiry are discussing a location away from the Capitol as well as a staff-only session that would prevent lawmakers from attending and asking questions. AD“Late last night, President Trump took to Twitter to spew personal attacks at me,” Pelosi said in the solicitation. Volker testified behind closed doors last week before three House committees and shared text messages that have become key to the impeachment inquiry. Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo balked at the timing of several planned depositions of State Department officials, saying House Democrats were not giving them adequate time to prepare.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2019 12:28 UTC