Just hours before United States Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland was set to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, the administration pulled the plug on the testimony.

The move comes after threats from House Democrats that if the administration doesn’t comply, they will see the move as an act of obstruction, a potentially impeachable offense.

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