White House counselor Kellyanne Conway Kellyanne Elizabeth ConwaySpecial counsel investigating DeVos for potential Hatch Act violation: report George and Kellyanne Conway honor Ginsburg Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE told reporters Monday that the White House sees “no reason” for acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney Mick MulvaneyOn The Money: House panel pulls Powell into partisan battles | New York considers hiking taxes on the rich | Treasury: Trump's payroll tax deferral won't hurt Social Security Blockchain trade group names Mick Mulvaney to board Mick Mulvaney to start hedge fund MORE and three other witnesses to testify at a Senate impeachment trial as requested by the top Democrat in the Senate.

“We don’t do things just because Sen. [Charles] Schumer [D-N.Y.] asks us to do them. That’s very clear,” Conway told reporters at the White House on Monday evening. “Starting on Oct. 8, our White House counsel made very clear that he looks at the entire process as unconstitutional, illegitimate and ill-conceived.”

“There is no reason for them to go and testify in the Senate trial as far as we can see. Maybe someone will change their mind, but we haven’t done that,” Conway continued. “Why would we do that?”

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Conway was asked to respond to a request from Schumer that Mulvaney, former national security adviser John Bolton John BoltonJudge appears skeptical of Bolton's defense of publishing book without White House approval Maximum pressure is keeping US troops in Iraq and Syria Woodward book trails Bolton, Mary Trump in first-week sales MORE, senior Mulvaney adviser Robert Blair, and Office of Management and Budget official Michael Duffey be called to testify as part of the Senate trial.

Schumer outlined the request in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellHawley warns Schumer to steer clear of Catholic-based criticisms of Barrett Senate GOP set to vote on Trump's Supreme Court pick before election Harris slams Trump's Supreme Court pick as an attempt to 'destroy the Affordable Care Act' MORE (R-Ky.) sent Sunday. The top Democrat also requested that the Senate issue subpoenas for a “limited set of documents” that could shed more light on the Trump administration’s decision to delay military assistance to Ukraine — an issue at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.

Schumer elaborated on his request during a news conference on Monday, criticizing McConnell for what he described as a “partisan” description of the Senate trial. McConnell said in an interview last week that he would be in “total coordination” with the White House with respect to the trial.

Conway said Monday that she didn’t know if Trump and McConnell had spoken directly about a likely impeachment trial, though she noted they speak “frequently” about various issues.

The Democratic-controlled House is poised to vote later this week on two articles of impeachment against Trump stemming from his dealings with Ukraine. The House Judiciary Committee approved articles accusing Trump of abusing his office and obstructing Congress in a party-line vote last week.

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The House is widely expected to impeach Trump, after which the articles would advance to the GOP-controlled Senate for a trial. Trump and his advisers view the Senate as friendly territory, where it is near certain Trump will be acquitted.

At the center of the inquiry is a July 25 call during which Trump asked Ukraine’s president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Joe Biden should enact critical government reforms if he wins MORE and his son. House Democrats have accused Trump of using military aid to Ukraine and a White House meeting to pressure Kyiv for investigations that could benefit him politically.

The White House has cast the impeachment inquiry as illegitimate and politically motivated, refusing to provide documents pursuant to subpoenas and instructing executive branch witnesses — including Mulvaney, Bolton, Blair and Duffey — not to testify.