Pompeo Took Part in Trump-Zelensky Phone Call, Official Says
Source: wALL STREET JOURNAL
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was among administration officials who listened in on the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a senior State Department official said Monday, a disclosure that ties the State Department more closely to the House impeachment inquiry.
Mr. Pompeos participation on the call hasnt been previously reported. Last week, a State Department official disputed the contention in a complaint filed under federal whistleblower laws by a Central Intelligence Agency officer that another top State Department official, counselor Ulrich Brechbuhl, listened in on the call.
House Democrats have opened an impeachment inquiry focused on Mr. Trumps dealings with Ukraine, and lawmakers are focusing on the whistleblower complaint and a record of the call released by the administration.
Three House committees on Friday subpoenaed Mr. Pompeo for documents related to the inquiry; the secretary has until Oct. 4 to produce them. Separately, the committees plan to depose five current or former State Department officials regarding Ukraine.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-envisions-senate-trial-if-house-passes-articles-of-impeachment-11569865002?mod=e2tw
Tactical Peek
(1,210 posts). . . initially?
ffr
(22,671 posts)Good.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,155 posts)trueblue2007
(17,228 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)And he is properly right about Criminal Barr.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)And we have to knock him out or Putin is still controlling our Government.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)dchill
(38,505 posts)Turbineguy
(37,346 posts)OK Mike, I'll explain. When the President does something, anything, leave the room. That way you cannot be complicit in a crime.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)The fish stinks from the head down...
llmart
(15,540 posts)Along with the rest of the mob.
appalachiablue
(41,146 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,036 posts)Probably both, Dunning/Kruger effect.
Nitram
(22,822 posts)Last edited Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:07 AM - Edit history (1)
"Participation" means listening to? I don't think so. That would mean all the whistleblowers informants "participated in" the call. That's a stretch.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)I don't think it will work.