Trump lawyer Giuliani defies U.S. House subpoena

U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday said he would not comply with a subpoena issued by U.S. House of Representatives Democrats as part of their impeachment inquiry into the president.

A letter from a lawyer representing Giuliani sent to a lawyer for House leaders said that the inquiry was illegitimate, and that information they have sought relating to his work in Ukraine is potentially protected by attorney-client privilege and executive privilege.

The House Intelligence Committee had asked Giuliani to hand over by Tuesday documents related to Trump's effort to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Joe Biden, a top contender for the Democratic nomination to run against Trump in the 2020 election.

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