I’m starting to like Mike Pompeo. He’s had enough of the Democrat’s bullying and is promising not to tolerate their witch hunt tactics.
I’m concerned with aspects of the Committee’s request that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully, & treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the Department of State, including several career FSOs. pic.twitter.com/QRtMaXlhQM
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) October 1, 2019
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In a letter last week, the Democratic chairs of three House committees notified Pompeo that they had scheduled depositions for five State Department officials between Oct. 2 and Oct. 10.
Those officials are former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch; outgoing U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker; Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent; Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. All of the officials except Kent are named in a complaint by an intelligence community whistleblower who accused Trump of “using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.”
“The failure of any of these department employees to appear for their scheduled depositions shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House’s impeachment inquiry,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel; Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; and Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., wrote.
In a Tuesday tweet, Pompeo posted his letter to Engel and accused the Democrats of trying to “intimidate, bully, & treat improperly” the State employees.