WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform issued a subpoena Friday to the White House, seeking documents related to President Donald Trump's interactions with Ukraine, the subject of an ongoing impeachment inquiry into the president.

The subpoena was issued in consultation with House intelligence and foreign affairs committees.

In a letter to Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel urged the official to produce documents by Oct. 18.

"Your failure or refusal to comply with the request, including at the direction or behest of the President or others at the White House, shall constitute evidence of obstruction of justice of the House's impeachment inquiry and may be used as an adverse inference against you and the President," the chairmen warned Mulvaney.

The action is part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Trump stemming from a whistleblower complaint alleging that the president pressured his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, during a July 25 phone call to investigate Joe Biden, Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 election, as well as issues related to alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. Enditem

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