Impeachment inquiry: Trump administration will not participate
13 October 2019 |
12:18 pm
The Trump administration will not participate in "illegitimate" impeachment probe. Earlier US State Department barred the US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, from testifying before Congress.
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