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WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-- Three U.S. House committees investigating President Donald Trump's alleged inappropriate interactions with Ukraine sent a letter on Friday to Vice President Mike Pence, notifying him to submit documents related to the matter. "Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we are hereby requesting that you produce the documents set forth in the accompanying schedule by October 15, 2019," read the letter sent by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings. The action was part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Trump stemming from a whistleblower complaint alleging that the president pressured his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during a July 25 phone call to investigate Joe Biden, Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 election, as well as issues related to alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. The chairmen cited "recent public reports" as saying Pence might have played a role "in conveying or reinforcing the President's stark message to the Ukrainian President." "Your failure or refusal to comply with the request, including at the direction or behest of the President or the White House, shall constitute evidence of obstruction of justice of the House's impeachment inquiry and may be used as an adverse inference against you and the President," the chairmen warned Pence in the letter. | 
