Here we go. Democrats on three House committees have sent subpoenas to Mike Pompeo over the Ukraine controversy.
BREAKING: @SecPompeo subpoenaed for Ukraine documents as @HouseForeign, @HouseIntel & @OversightDems committees accelerate #ImpeachmentInquiry.
— House Foreign Affairs Committee (@HouseForeign) September 27, 2019
"Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House’s impeachment inquiry" pic.twitter.com/kwFW1yIVR4
Secretary of State Pompeo has been subpoenaed to provide Ukraine documents, per House leader. House is also scheduling depositions next month for Ambassadors Yovanovitch, Volker and Sondland, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent & Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl, per release.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 27, 2019
More from the Hill:
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents relating to the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine, indicating Democrats are wasting no time diving into the formal impeachment inquiry they launched this week.
The subpoena notice, drafted in consultation with the Intelligence and Oversight and Reform committees, accuses Pompeo of refusing to turn over requested information to Congress amid the Democrats’ nascent investigation into Trump’s interactions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Your continued refusal to provide the requested documents not only prevents our Committees from fully investigating these matters, but impairs Congress’ ability to fulfill its Constitutional responsibilities to protect our national security and the integrity of our democracy,” wrote Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), head of Foreign Affairs; Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), chairman of the Intelligence panel; and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who leads the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
The subpoena letter explicitly cited the Democrats’ newly launched impeachment inquiry into Trump, suggesting that party leaders will lean heavily on impeachment as a legal justification for obtaining disputed documents. A failure to produce them, they warned Pompeo, would be evidence of obstruction.
They gave a deadline of one week for the documents.
Very interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised if Pompeo just told them to pound sand. Then what will they do? Hold him in contempt? He doesn’t seem to really give a crap…