Rep. Val Demings Valdez (Val) Venita DemingsFlorida Democrat introduces bill to recognize Puerto Rico statehood referendum Sunday shows - Trump team defends coronavirus response Demings slams GOP coronavirus relief bill: Americans 'deserve more than the crumbs from the table' MORE (D-Fla.) said Sunday that House Democrats are “not willing to play that game” of waiting to see if the courts will order White House officials to appear before the House committees.

ABC’s Martha Raddatz asked the Florida Democrat on "This Week" why House Democrats would not wait to see if officials such as 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 and 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 would be required to comply with their subpoenas.

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“They want to, what I believe, is to play a political game and tie the process up in the courts as long as they can and run the clock out," she said. “We’re not willing to play that game.”

Rep. Val Demings says White House officials not complying with subpoenas in the impeachment inquiry want to "play a political game and tie the process up in the courts as long as they can and run the clock out."



"We're not willing to play that game."https://t.co/rjeu82rI21 pic.twitter.com/HfUas7nL5f — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 1, 2019

The Democrat, who sits on the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees, said lawmakers want to obtain “critical” and “very valuable” subpoenaed documents from these witnesses to guide their questions if they testify.

“If they comply with the document requests, I believe it shows the good faith effort on their part to further cooperate with the inquiry,” Demings said.

A federal judge ruled this week that former White House counsel Don McGahn had to cooperate with House subpoenas for his testimony.

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