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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, blocked on Tuesday the appearance before the lower house of a central witness in the Democratic investigation to open a political trial against him, and then confirmed that he does not plan to cooperate with the opposition's requests because he considers his "illegitimate" research.

"I would love to send Ambassador Sondland, a really good man and a great American, to testify, but unfortunately I would be testifying before a totally partial court, where Republicans have been stripped of their rights and true facts are not allowed to go out. the public light, "Trump tweeted.

Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union (EU), was expected to go to the Capitol on Tuesday to testify within the framework of the investigations to open a political trial against Trump for having pressured his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelenski, so that He will investigate former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter for alleged corruption.

But the State Department canceled the appearance at the last moment, which led three committees of the Lower House - the Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Supervision Committee - to announce that they will issue a subpoena for Sondland to present the Legislators their testimony and various documents.

A few hours later, the White House made it clear that Sondland's refusal to appear will not be an isolated case, and confirmed that he will ignore the requests of the Democratic opposition because he considers his investigation to be "illegitimate", "violates the Constitution" and is not respecting the right to "due process" of Trump.

"President Trump cannot allow his Government to participate in this partisan investigation under these circumstances," White House lawyer Pat Cipollone wrote in a letter to the president of the lower house, Democrat Nancy Pelosi.

That letter could give ammunition to some Democratic leaders who have hinted that they could subject Trump to a political trial not only for his pressures on Ukraine, but for not allowing them to properly investigate that issue, considering that lack of cooperation as an obstruction to Justice.

The blockade of Sondland's testimony also promises to contribute to that trend, because his name was recently identified in text messages that spoke of Trump's efforts for Ukraine to investigate Biden, currently one of the Democratic candidates for the Democratic election nomination. of 2020.

The political newspaper noted that such pressures could possibly include the suspension of Washington's military aid to Kiev and a visit by Zelenski to the White House.

Specifically, said the media, which quoted text messages provided to Congress by former US special envoy in Ukraine Kurt Volker, Sondland could be involved in discussions of a September visit of Zelenski to the White House.

He could also be involved in the talks about a possible suspension of that trip amid the efforts of the US president to pressure the Ukrainian to investigate the Biden for alleged corruption in Ukraine.

According to Politician , in that exchange of messages Sondland denied the existence of a quid pro quo, that is, that Ukraine had yielded to investigate Biden in exchange for some compensation such as unlocking military aid, and claimed that Trump was apparently focused on achieving a concrete goal before accepting a meeting with Zelenski.

In his tweets on Tuesday, the president stressed the fact that Sondland denied an attempted extortion to Kiev: "Important, Ambassador Sondland's tweet, which few report, said 'I think they are wrong about President Trump's intentions. The president has been clear: no quid pro quo of any kind. "That says EVERYTHING!" Trump concluded.

On September 24, Pelosi announced the start of a political trial investigation against Trump over the revelations about a phone call in July between the president and Zelenski, in which the American asked the Ukrainian to investigate Biden and his son.

The call prompted an official - allegedly a CIA agent - to file an internal complaint, which after weeks of struggle between Congress and the Government was made public and prompted the start of the process for a political trial.

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