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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Threatens To Subpoena State Dept Over Giuliani's Ukraine Escapades
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/house-threatens-to-subpoena-state-over-giulianis-ukraine-escapades
By Josh Kovensky
September 23, 2019 4:36 pm
Three House panels investigating Trump attorney Rudy Giulianis attempts to push the Ukrainian government to fabricate damaging information about Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden threatened to subpoena the State Department if it refused to comply with an earlier request for information, a Monday letter shows.
The letter, addressed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accuses the State Department of withholding documents and other information that the committees sent as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Giulianis role in pressuring Kyiv for information on the business dealings of Bidens son.
Giuliani has admitted to asking the Ukrainian government for damaging information on Bidens elder and younger, and for documents that would help discredit the prosecution of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
If press reports are accurate, such corrupt use of presidential power for the Presidents personal political interestand not for the national interestis a betrayal of the Presidents oath of office and cannot go unchecked, the letter reads.
The House Foreign Affairs, Oversight, and Intelligence Committees opened the investigation into Giulianis attempts to get information from Kyiv on Sept. 9. The same day, the Intelligence Community Inspector General approached Congress with information that a whistleblower from within the intelligence community had filed a complaint, and that the Trump administration had blocked the IG from forwarding it to Congress.
The original letters sought records relating to any potential investigations of Hunter Biden and of the Ukraine-based corruption allegations that played a role in bringing down Manafort, as well as information about a July 25 phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump.
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By Josh Kovensky
September 23, 2019 4:36 pm
Three House panels investigating Trump attorney Rudy Giulianis attempts to push the Ukrainian government to fabricate damaging information about Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden threatened to subpoena the State Department if it refused to comply with an earlier request for information, a Monday letter shows.
The letter, addressed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, accuses the State Department of withholding documents and other information that the committees sent as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Giulianis role in pressuring Kyiv for information on the business dealings of Bidens son.
Giuliani has admitted to asking the Ukrainian government for damaging information on Bidens elder and younger, and for documents that would help discredit the prosecution of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
If press reports are accurate, such corrupt use of presidential power for the Presidents personal political interestand not for the national interestis a betrayal of the Presidents oath of office and cannot go unchecked, the letter reads.
The House Foreign Affairs, Oversight, and Intelligence Committees opened the investigation into Giulianis attempts to get information from Kyiv on Sept. 9. The same day, the Intelligence Community Inspector General approached Congress with information that a whistleblower from within the intelligence community had filed a complaint, and that the Trump administration had blocked the IG from forwarding it to Congress.
The original letters sought records relating to any potential investigations of Hunter Biden and of the Ukraine-based corruption allegations that played a role in bringing down Manafort, as well as information about a July 25 phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump.
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House Threatens To Subpoena State Dept Over Giuliani's Ukraine Escapades (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Sep 2019
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Just friggin do it,okay.
trueblue2007
(17,205 posts)2. do it now !!!!
spanone
(135,823 posts)3. Dear House, these people laugh at threats.
brutus smith
(685 posts)4. Another threat?
File it with the other ones.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)5. Enough of the threats for the love of God just DO SOMETHING
triron
(21,999 posts)11. The democrats seem to never learn when it comes to the Trump criminal enterprise.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)6. K&R
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,321 posts)7. been waiting since midterms
awesomerwb1
(4,267 posts)8. Nothing happens until
we get a "strong" worded letter and a tweet.
dalton99a
(81,451 posts)9. The crime family are trembling in fear.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)10. And when they tell the House to shove it ...???????