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Article snippet: The House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed acting White House Chief of Staff MORE on Thursday evening to appear at a deposition as part of the impeachment inquiry Friday morning. “Mr. Mulvaney has the opportunity to uphold his oath to the nation and constitution by testifying tomorrow under oath about matters of keen national importance,” an official working on the impeachment inquiry said late Thursday. “We hope Mr. Mulvaney does not hide behind the President’s ongoing efforts to conceal the truth and obstruct our investigation.” Mulvaney is unlikely to show up for the appearance despite the subpoena. The White House has refused to cooperate in the impeachment inquiry this far, accusing House Democrats of an unfair process and a partisan effort to overturn the results of the 2016 election. Other current and former officials have evaded subpoenaed testimony, arguing they are immune from compelled congressional testimony as top advisers to the president. Three House committees sent a letter to Mulvaney earlier this week requesting that he testify behind closed doors on Friday. White House counselor MORE told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that Mulvaney was not expected to show up. House investigators have conducted more than a dozen closed-door interviews with current and former officials since the impeachment inquiry was announced in late September. This week, Democrats began releasing hundreds of pages of transcripts of witness interviews that hav... Link to the full article to read more