Pompeo claimed that the signatures issued by Engel, House Oversight President Carolyn Maloney of New York and First Chamber Remembrance Committee, Robert Menendez of New Jersey “would suggest excluding advice from agencies” and as such they are “unconstitutional”. valid. “
On August 3, Democratic lawmakers released depositions of Under Secretary for Management Brian Bulatao, acting legal adviser Marik String, deputy assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs Michael Miller and senior adviser Toni Porter as part of the investigation into the sudden Linick ouster in mid-May.
Pompeo said Bulatao, String, Miller and Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper “are ready and willing to appear as soon as Thursday, August 13 from 9 a.m. to noon for a classified session and on-plate hearing. “with the Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Committee for the Supervision of the House.
A Congressional aid worker working on the investigation into Linick’s strike told CNN, “The commission presented four people and those statements remain in effect.”
The top US diplomat refused to offer Porter – a longtime aide to Pompeo, who may have knowledge if the Pompeos funds had been misused – during that session. In the letter, Pompeo said the department had on July 31 “offered a briefing with appropriate officials who, unlike Ms. Porter, have actual responsibility for approving sources and can speak authoritatively about such matters.”
“In addition, we offer to discuss further the appropriate way in which Ms. Porter could potentially adapt to any salient questions that remained,” he wrote. “It is also important to note that Ms Porter has no involvement or knowledge of the Secretary’s decision to remove Mr. Linick as State Department Inspector General.”
In its letter, Pompeo claimed that the Foreign Affairs Commission had “rejected more than a dozen offers for good-faith accommodation.”
“Absent another statement, we are left with the conclusion that the Committee does not in fact want to receive any information from the department, much less have the truth completely broadcast in a public hearing, but that you are instead satisfied with false ‘investigations’ behind closed doors. doors and require that the department spend an enormous amount of time and resources on offering accommodation offers that the commission never intended to take seriously, ‘Pompeo wrote.
Pompeo said on Twitter that “the IG has fully confirmed the dedicated professionals” of the Department of Political-Military Affairs of the Department.
“I’m sorry that @RepEliotEngel and @SenatorMenendez are abusing their commissions for political games,” he wrote.
Angel returned with “Nice visit.”
“The @StateDept has returned the details revealing that it was a false emergency. @StateDeptPM may have lied about Congress. You fired the @StateOIG that looked into it. Why? Sell weapons that innocent Yemenis have will kill and then cover it up, “the New York Democrat wrote.
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