- John Bolton may testify in the future.
- The House has issued subpoenas to two officials of the White House Office of Management and Budget: acting director Russell Vought and Michael Duffey, who oversees national security programs.
- They also subpoenaed State Department counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl.
On his way to South Carolina to speak at the historically black Benedict College in Columbia, Trump shouted answers to the press’ questions over helicopter noise blasting in the background.
- Trump also dismissed the need for an impeachment team:
“Here’s the thing. I don’t have teams. Everyone’s talking about teams. I’m the team. I did nothing wrong. I will say this: If anything ever happened with this phony witch hunt that the Democrats are doing … I really believe you’d have a recession, depression the likes of which this country hasn’t seen,” Trump said, questioning how Democrats could impeach “one of the most successful presidents.”
