Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are calling on Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoDemocrats set to open new chapter in impeachment Overnight Defense — Presented by Boeing — House chairmen demand answers on Open Skies Treaty | China warns US to stay out of South China Sea | Army conducting security assessment of TikTok House chairmen demand answers on surveillance flight treaty MORE to recuse himself from matters relating to Ukraine after several witnesses in the impeachment inquiry mentioned him as part of their testimony.
“Given your direct involvement in the scandal, you have a profound conflict of interest and you must recuse yourself,” the group of 10 senators wrote in a letter to Pompeo as House Democrats on Thursday wrapped up two weeks of public testimony from various figures.
Their letter follows testimony from Gordon SondlandGordon SondlandTrump tweets altered CNN clip mocking Cuomo segment Democrats set to open new chapter in impeachment Senate Democrats ask Pompeo to recuse himself from Ukraine matters MORE, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, in which Sondland said that Pompeo was among a group of officials who were “in the loop” about efforts to pressure Ukraine to say it would pursue investigations that President TrumpDonald John TrumpApple CEO Tim Cook promises to fight for DACA, user privacy DOJ urges Supreme Court to side with Trump in ongoing legal battle over tax returns Giuliani associate willing to inform Congress of meeting between Nunes and former Ukrainian official: report MORE wanted in exchange for a White House call and meeting.
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Pompeo has also said he was on the July 25 call between Trump and Ukraine’s president that is at the heart of the impeachment probe.
The Democrats in their letter accused the Trump Cabinet member of continuing “to impede the House impeachment inquiry, including by refusing to produce any State Department records on the Trump-Ukraine scandal—including those that may shed further light on your own complicity.”
“These acts leave us with little doubt that you are blocking the Congress and American people from obtaining a full account of the scandal solely because the facts are damaging to your and the President’s personal and political interests,” they added.
The Hill has reached out to the State Department for comment on the letter.
Pompeo said said Wednesday that he had not seen Sondland’s testimony, citing meetings, after being asked by a reporter about the testimony.
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