The White House Thursday rejected a call by House Democrats for documents relating to private conversations between President Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Trump has consistently labeled Democratic attempts to look into his campaign and his dealings as “presidential harassment" and a "witch hunt." Cipollone’s letter was in response to two letters sent to the administration by Cummings, Schiff and Engel earlier in the month. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe chairmen specifically were seeking access to all State Department employees and contractors with knowledge of Trump's communications with the Russian leader, including "linguists, translators, or interpreters who participated in [sic] attended, or in any way listened in on President Trump's in-person meetings with President Putin, as well as President Trump's phone calls with President Putin." Fox News' Jason Donner, Meghan Welsh and Gregg Re contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News March 21, 2019 20:48 UTC