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BREAKING: Mike Pompeo Subpoenaed By Dem Led House Committee

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Per Reuters, moments ago, a Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives committee issued a subpoena on Friday for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, seeking to compel him to hand over documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian government.

The Subpoena warns “Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House’s impeachment inquiry.”

The Pompeo subpoena demands documents by October 4th.

WATCH:

USAToday reports Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s name isn’t mentioned in the explosive whistleblower complaint that alleges President Donald Trump used the power of his office to press a foreign government for damaging information about a top political rival.

And the nation’s top diplomat insisted on Thursday that State Department officials had acted appropriately in their dealings with Ukraine’s new government, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

But Pompeo – one of Trump’s most trusted advisers and his former CIA chief – was almost certainly briefed on the controversial Trump-Zelensky phone call that prompted an intelligence officer to file the whistleblower complaint and House Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry.

Pompeo is now under growing scrutiny from Democrats in Congress, who have demanded information about the State Department’s alleged role in arranging conversations between Ukrainian officials and Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer. House Democrats on Friday subpoenaed Pompeo for documents related to Giuliani and Ukraine, and a top Senate Democrat also demanded information about Pompeo’s role in the scandal.

On Thursday, Giuliani posted a text message on Twitter that appeared to be from the State Department’s special envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, connecting the former New York mayor to Andriy Yermak, a top aide to Zelensky.

“As discussed, connecting you here with Andrey Yermak, who is very close to President Zelensky,” the July 19 text message reads, using an alternative spelling for Yermak’s first name. “I suggest we schedule a call together on Monday – maybe 10 am or 11 am Washington time?”

Earlier this week, Giuliani said he only contacted Ukrainian officials at the urging of the State Department.

“I never talked to a Ukrainian official until the State Department called me and asked me to do it,” Giuliani told Fox News on Tuesday. “And then I reported to every conversation back to them.”

This article was written by the staff of TheConservativeOpinion.com 

By Kambree Nelson

Source: theconservativeopinion

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