House Republicans Hit Back at Schiff After White House Blocks Ambassador’s Testimony

(L-R) Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Matt Gaetz, (R-Fla.), and Mark Meadows, (R-N.C.), speak to reporters after a closed door meeting with Ambassador Gordon Sondland was cancelled on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 8, 2019. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

House Republicans said House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) refusal to release a full transcript of one ambassador’s testimony prompted the White House to block another ambassador from testifying on Tuesday.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) accused Schiff of withholding the transcript of former Ambassador Kurt Volker’s testimony because it supports President Donald Trump’s characterization of the phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.