Asked for. So far secretary of state mike pompeo denied turning over documents and accusing the democrats of intimidating and bullying witnesses. That doesnt appear to be true, they are volunteering. Pompeo failed to mention repeatedly being on that ukraine call with President Trump until this morning. I was on the phone call. The phone call was in the context, i guess i have been secretary of state coming on a yearandahalf, i know precisely what the american policy is with respect to ukraine. Its been remarkably consistent and we will continue to try to drive those set of outcomes. Its actually not remarkably consistent when you withhold aid, but that aside, all of this would seem to make pompeo a fact witness in this probe. Now democrats are, in part, up in arms about. We are covering this from all angles this morning. Lets start with our correspondent manu raj just. Where does this thing go from here . Reporter well, today there is a high interest in what happens with this Inspector
Hill inside the room where we will see House Speaker nancy pelosi later on this hour in just about 40 minutes or so. Peter, i want to start with you. For the first time we are hearing from secretary of state mike pompeo who is overseas about his role, his involvement in that call thats at the heart now of this whistleblower complaint and impeachment inquiry. Hallie, youre exactly right. This is the first time that we are hearing mike pompeo address the reports, confirmed by nbc news that he was on that july phone call between President Trump and ukraines president , president zelensky there. As you noted, pompeo is traveling today in italy and he did not elaborate on the call, though he was pressed on it beyond that. He didnt say anything else about whether it raised any red flags for him. But heres what he did say and notably on the back end of this sound bite youll see he addressed the u. S. Policy toward ukraine more broadly. Take a listen. I was on the phone call. Its what our team
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