Mike Pence Refuses to Comply With Request for Documents From House Committees in Impeachment Inquiry

Mike Pence Refuses to Comply With Request for Documents From House Committees in Impeachment Inquiry
Vice President Mike Pence delivers a keynote address during Access Intelligence's Satellite 2019 Conference and Exhibition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center May 6, 2019 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Vice President Mike Pence will not be supplying House committees with documents they requested as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

In a letter sent by Pence’s office late Tuesday (pdf), his counsel Matthew Morgan dubbed the House committees’ request as part of a “self-proclaimed ‘impeachment inquiry.’” He added that “the purported ‘impeachment inquiry’ has been designed and implemented in a manner that calls into question your commitment to fundamental fairness and due process rights.”