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Three Chairs Statement on State IG Briefing
Last edited Wed Oct 2, 2019, 10:33 PM - Edit history (3)
Three Chairs Statement on State IG Briefing
October 2, 2019
Washington—Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after committee staff received a briefing from the State Department Inspector General:
“Today, the State Department Inspector General provided an unclassified briefing and documents to House and Senate Committees. The Inspector General believes this matter is urgent in light of the complaint filed by a whistleblower regarding the President’s July 25, 2019, call in which he pressed the Ukrainian President to smear President Trump’s domestic political rival.
“The briefing and documents raise troubling questions about apparent efforts inside and outside the Trump Administration to target specific officials, including former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Masha Yovanovitch, who was abruptly removed as Ambassador in May after a sustained campaign against her by the President’s agent, Rudy Giuliani.
“The documents provided by the Inspector General included a package of disinformation, debunked conspiracy theories, and baseless allegations in an envelope marked ‘White House’ and containing folders labeled ‘Trump Hotel.’ These documents also reinforce concern that the President and his allies sought to use the machinery of the State Department to further the President’s personal political interests.
“The Inspector General stated that his office interviewed Secretary Pompeo’s Counselor, Thomas Ulrich Brechbuhl, who informed the Inspector General that Secretary Pompeo told him the packet ‘came over,’ and that Brechbuhl presumed it was from the White House.
“Earlier this week, Pompeo attempted to block Brechbuhl, Ambassador Yovanovitch, and other State Department employees from testifying before Congress.
“These documents only underscore the need for the Trump Administration to comply with our requests for documents and interviews.”
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https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2019/10/three-chairs-statement-on-state-ig-briefing
October 2, 2019
Washington—Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after committee staff received a briefing from the State Department Inspector General:
“Today, the State Department Inspector General provided an unclassified briefing and documents to House and Senate Committees. The Inspector General believes this matter is urgent in light of the complaint filed by a whistleblower regarding the President’s July 25, 2019, call in which he pressed the Ukrainian President to smear President Trump’s domestic political rival.
“The briefing and documents raise troubling questions about apparent efforts inside and outside the Trump Administration to target specific officials, including former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Masha Yovanovitch, who was abruptly removed as Ambassador in May after a sustained campaign against her by the President’s agent, Rudy Giuliani.
“The documents provided by the Inspector General included a package of disinformation, debunked conspiracy theories, and baseless allegations in an envelope marked ‘White House’ and containing folders labeled ‘Trump Hotel.’ These documents also reinforce concern that the President and his allies sought to use the machinery of the State Department to further the President’s personal political interests.
“The Inspector General stated that his office interviewed Secretary Pompeo’s Counselor, Thomas Ulrich Brechbuhl, who informed the Inspector General that Secretary Pompeo told him the packet ‘came over,’ and that Brechbuhl presumed it was from the White House.
“Earlier this week, Pompeo attempted to block Brechbuhl, Ambassador Yovanovitch, and other State Department employees from testifying before Congress.
“These documents only underscore the need for the Trump Administration to comply with our requests for documents and interviews.”
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https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2019/10/three-chairs-statement-on-state-ig-briefing
ETA - Rep. Jaime Raskin (MD) was at this briefing and made remarks about the substance and has appeared a few times now on MSNBC (including just getting done on Chris Hayes' show). He had brought one item to display to the media after the briefing (appeared to be a color photo-copy of the manila envelope with all the RW CT crap that the IG had found that Pompeo's office was purportedly distributing) -
NOW BREAKING:
Link to tweet
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The Hill
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@thehill
JUST IN: Giuliani says some documents turned over by State watchdog came from him http://hill.cm/IRmYu3N
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I suppose we should be glad that they're so stupid!! Since Giuliani has now admitted to providing conspiracy theory crap in hopes of fixing the next election, that is very, very bad!! It's like when Nixon was talking about paying off the burglars!! You don't do that kind of stuff if you're obeying the law & supporting the constitution!!
at this rate, it will be a miracle if the impeachment vote isn't unanimous!!
if the GOP still tries to protect him now, the party will be in shambles if it's not already!!
