He also defended the substance of the leaders’ conversation, which is at the heart of congressional Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed Wednesday that he listened in to the phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July, and defended the substance of the conversation now at the heart of congressional Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
“I was on the phone call,” Pompeo told reporters during a news conference in Rome.
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The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday that Pompeo took part in the call.
The remarks from America’s top diplomat come as he is engaged in a standoff with three House Democratic chairmen who subpoenaed him Friday for materials related to Trump’s efforts to seek a Ukrainian investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.
But Pompeo rebuffed the committee leaders Tuesday, signaling in a letter that he would not comply with their request for documents or interviews with senior State Department officials identified as important players in the Ukraine scandal.
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Mike Pompeo confirmed today that he was on the July 25th phone call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky.
The Secretary of State, however, said the call was just "in the context of" U.S. foreign policy goalshttps://t.co/0gkklki2cn
— POLITICO (@politico) October 2, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Pompeo pushed out his own Ukraine rep, Kurt Volker, to try to squash this growing scandal. https://t.co/3EdgZBksED
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 2, 2019
Mike Pompeo on Wednesday confirmed he listened in on the phone call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July, and defended the substance of the leaders’ conversation now at the heart of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry https://t.co/0Wv9yRJTM6 pic.twitter.com/ICsApuXQku
— POLITICO (@politico) October 2, 2019
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