CNN 10/10/19 "Morning Briefing" Impeachment Inquiry

Impeachment inquiry

House Democrats are prepping a wave of subpoenas after the Trump administration said it would ignore them. Democrats are now threatening to subpoena associates of Rudy Giuliani and State Department officials. That would include former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. She's set for an interview Friday, but she may not appear because she's still a State Department employee.

Democrats are also debating whether to hold a vote to formally authorize the impeachment inquiry. The White House and Trump's GOP defenders say until that happens, the entire effort is invalid; the Dems say it's not required under the Constitution. A new poll shows more than half of US voters want the President impeached and removed from office. Meantime, former Vice President Joe Biden for the first time called for Trump's impeachment.

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