The leader of the Office of Management and Budget declared on Wednesday that the OMB will not comply with the House’s impeachment inquiry, including the subpoena House Democrats had sent to the office.
During an interview on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” acting OMB director Russell Vought said his office would not hand over documents on Trump’s decision to delay congressionally approved military aid to Ukraine, as requested in the subpoena.
“Yesterday’s letter speaks for itself,” he said. “We’re not going to be a part of any sham process that’s designed to relitigate the last election.”
Fox News host Sandra Smith asked Vought if the OMB had specifically responded to the subpoena.
“We will continue to not participate in this process which is not designed to get to the truth,” Vought replied. “It’s designed to relitigate the last election and influence the next election.”
The three House committees leading the impeachment probe subpoenaed both the OMB and the Pentagon on Monday for documents on the Ukraine aid, giving them a deadline of October 15.
On Tuesday, the White House sent a letter to the committee chairs announcing that it would refuse to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry.
Watch Vought below:
Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget echoes WH on refusing to comply with impeachment inquiry: "We will continue to not participate in this process which is not designed to get to the truth." pic.twitter.com/HBDAopFgZS
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) October 9, 2019
They sure are focused on the legitimacy of the Dotard’s election to office. I wasn’t even aware that that election had been litigated to begin with.
Fine or arrest all of them starting now.
It damned well should influence the next election because impeachment is necessary but not sufficient. Every last Secretary, Acting, and their two most immediate direct-reports are complicit in the extortion racket and cover up. Definitely in Ukraine and most likely China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, who knows how many other countries. Every last one of them who doesn’t voluntarily testify fully and truthfully, should be fired and permanently blacklisted.
Who is going to arrest them? Certainly not Barr.
How about we just stop paying them? We can consider them on strike.