House Committees Demand Documents From State Department in Impeachment Inquiry

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence Committee, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 8, 2019. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

The three chairs of the House Oversight, Intelligence, and Foreign Affairs committees sent a letter to the U.S. Department of State, demanding the release of documents related to the impeachment inquiry.

“As part of the House of Representatives’ ongoing impeachment inquiry, our Committees have now obtained detailed information identifying specific documents in the possession, custody, or control of the Department of State that are directly and highly relevant to the inquiry,” the chairs wrote in the letter on Oct. 23.