Democratic leaders of powerful US congressional committees are carrying out their investigation with a view to impeaching the Republican president. On Friday, 27 September, they ordered Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to deliver documents to Ukraine to determine whether President Donald Trump was guilty of treason, corruption or corruption. "Crimes and major offenses".
"Your refusal to respect this injunction will be evidence of an impediment to the inquiry of the House" representatives, write the heads of the foreign affairs, intelligence and executive oversight committees. Mike Pompeo must deliver these documents by October 4th. The parliamentarians are calling for a list of all State Department officials "Participated, prepared or received a transcript" the July 25, 2019 phone call between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
They also summoned five State Department officials for depositions scheduled between October 2 and October 10, including former US ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and Kurt Volker, the US special envoy for the United States. Ukraine.
