Read it: Pompeo letter prohibits State Deptartment officials from providing impeachment depositions to House committee investigating Trump

Read it: Pompeo letter prohibits State Deptartment officials from providing impeachment depositions to House committee investigating Trump
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David Badash
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 The New Civil Rights Movement
October 01, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is refusing to allow five State Dept. officials from being deposed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee as part of an ongoing impeachment inquiry if President Donald Trump.

In a letter (below) to the Committee Pompeo falsely accused Democrats of trying to “intimidate” and “bully” State Department employees, the AP reports, while – without actual legal basis – declaring depositions of those officials are just “not feasible.”

Here is the Secretary’s letter:

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