Rick Perry Won’t Comply With House Subpoena in Impeachment Inquiry

Rick Perry Won’t Comply With House Subpoena in Impeachment Inquiry
Rick Perry speaks at an energy summit hosted by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and attended by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon in Salt Lake City on May 30, 2019. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
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Rick Perry, who is resigning from his position as Energy Secretary at the end of the year, will not supply documents that House Democrats have subpoenaed as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

In a letter to Democratic lawmakers, Assistant Secretary of Energy Melissa F. Burnison pointed out that the House has not formally voted on a resolution to open an impeachment inquiry, and therefore the House had failed to “validly authorize the impeachment inquiry.”