The House Committee on Foreign Affairs announced Friday that it was taking a step towards contempt proceedings for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his refusal to comply with its subpoena for various Ukraine-related documents that the State Department has already turned over to GOP senators.
The announcement did not set a date for when specifically it would take up a measure holding Pompeo in contempt, but it said that work on such a resolution is beginning.
In a statement, Chairman Eliot Engel accused Pompeo of being willing to “bolster a Senate Republican-led smear against the President’s political rivals” and noted “his …read more
Source:: TPM
