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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Tells House Committee Impeachment Depositions Are ‘Not Feasible’


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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Tells House Committee Impeachment Depositions Are ‘Not Feasible’

(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Democrats are trying to “intimidate” and “bully” State Department employees and that depositions scheduled by the panel are “not feasible.” Three House committees have scheduled depositions with five current and former State Department officials over the next…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Tells House Committee Impeachment Depositions Are ‘Not Feasible’

(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in a letter to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Democrats are trying to “intimidate” and “bully” State Department employees and that depositions scheduled by the panel are “not feasible.”

Three House committees have scheduled depositions with five current and former State Department officials over the next two weeks, including former ambassador to Ukraine Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch and Kurt Volker, the Ukrainian envoy who resigned last week.

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The chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight committees set an Oct. 4 deadline for Pompeo to produce documents related to their investigation of President Donald Trump’s interactions with Ukraine. The probes are part of an impeachment inquiry.

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