国际英语资讯:U.S. House committees seek Ukraine-related documents from Vice President Pence
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word="to">to</span> <span word="submit">submit</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="matter">matter</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Pursuant">Pursuant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Representatives">Representatives</span>' <span word="impeachment">impeachment</span> <span word="inquiry">inquiry</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="hereby">hereby</span> <span word="requesting">requesting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="forth">forth</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="accompanying">accompanying</span> <span word="schedule">schedule</span> 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word="action">action</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="impeachment">impeachment</span> <span word="inquiry">inquiry</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="stemming">stemming</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="whistleblower">whistleblower</span> <span word="complaint">complaint</span> <span word="alleging">alleging</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="pressured">pressured</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Ukrainian">Ukrainian</span> <span word="counterpart">counterpart</span> <span word="Volodymyr">Volodymyr</span> <span word="Zelensky">Zelensky</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="July">July</span> 25 <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="investigate">investigate</span> <span word="Joe">Joe</span> <span word="Biden">Biden</span>, <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="presidential">presidential</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2020 <span word="election">election</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="alleged">alleged</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="interference">interference</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2016 <span word="election">election</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="chairmen">chairmen</span> <span word="cited">cited</span> "<span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="reports">reports</span>" <span word="as">as</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="Pence">Pence</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="role">role</span> "<span word="in">in</span> <span word="conveying">conveying</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="reinforcing">reinforcing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="President">President</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="stark">stark</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ukrainian">Ukrainian</span> <span word="President">President</span>."</p><p>"<span word="Your">Your</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="refusal">refusal</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="comply">comply</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="request">request</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="direction">direction</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="behest">behest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span>, <span word="shall">shall</span> <span word="constitute">constitute</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="obstruction">obstruction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="justice">justice</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="impeachment">impeachment</span> <span word="inquiry">inquiry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="adverse">adverse</span> <span word="inference">inference</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="President">President</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chairmen">chairmen</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="Pence">Pence</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="letter">letter</span>.</p>
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