The “Wall Street Journal” is reporting that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was also on the line when President Trump pushed Ukraine's leader to investigate Joe Biden and the alleged dealings of his son, Hunter, in Ukraine.
While the State Department has not responded to the WSJ report, it’s worth noting that when Pompeo was asked about the whistleblower complaint at the UN Assembly General last week, Pompeo merely said he'd not had time to read the reports but to the best of his knowledge the actions undertaken by State Department officials were "entirely appropriate."
Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani is being subpoenaed by House Democrats in the growing impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But that’s not all – three House committees want Giuliani to produce documents related to his efforts with Ukraine. .
A statement from committees says Giuliani and Trump jeopardized national security by pressing Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election.
- So will he comply? Tough to say. “I have received a subpoena signed only by Democrat Chairs who have prejudged this case,” Giuliani offers via Twitter. “It raises significant issues concerning legitimacy and constitutional and legal issues including,inter alia, attorney client and other privileges. It will be given appropriate consideration.
- As for Pompeo...he didn’t totally deny knowledge of the call, but his statement appeared to suggest that. Here is his response to a reporter’s question about the Whistleblower complaint last week: “Here’s what I’ll say this morning about the engagement of the State Department,” Pompeo told reporters last week, before he says he read the full complaint. “To the best of my knowledge, so from what I’ve seen so far, each of the actions that were undertaken by State Department officials was entirely appropriate and consistent with the objective that we’ve had certainly since this new government has come into office."
Source:Wall Street Journal