Article snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — Accusing President Donald Trump of “an incitement to violence,” House Democratic leaders bluntly warned Trump and his administration Wednesday not to intimidate potential witnesses in their impeachment inquiry. They said they were readying a subpoena demanding documents related to the president’s dealings with Ukraine House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump may not “recognize how dangerous his statements are” against a whistleblower who exposed a July phone call that Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. On the call, Trump pressed for an investigation of Democratic political rival Joe Biden and his family. House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff, accusing Trump of inviting violence against the whistleblower, said any effort to interfere with the Democrats’ investigations would be considered evidence of obstruction and could be included in articles of impeachment. ‘‘We’re not fooling around here,’’ he said. Trump showed no signs of letting up, unleashing a lengthy rant to reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with the leader of Finland in which he again accused the whistle-blower’s sources of spying. He tweeted a vulgarity during the House leaders’ news conference and said “the Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country.” Throwing criticism broadly, he assailed Schiff as a “low-life” and said Pelosi’s San Francisco has turned into a “tent city” of homeless. He said he agrees a whistleblowe... Link to the full article to read more
Schiff says Trump whistle-blower tweets are ‘effort to intimidate witnesses’ and ‘incitement to violence’ - The Boston Globe
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