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White House Officials Not Expected to Show for Testimony

November 4, 2019 · 8:58 am ET · Leave a Comment

Four Trump administration officials who were scheduled to testify in front of the impeachment inquiry Monday will not appear for their depositions, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The officials are Robert Blair, a senior adviser to chief of staff Mick Mulvaney; John Eisenberg, deputy counsel to the president for national security affairs; Michael Ellis, Eisenberg’s deputy; and Brian McCormack, a director at the White House budget office.

They have all been told by the White House that they cannot testify.

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