trump administration officials by the dozen have testified to as well. so this is just a smear campaign. it s an effort for republicans to try to distract the country from all of this evidence that is piling up to tell this clear story of a president who is using american taxpayer dollars as leverage to try to get a foreign country to interfere in american politics. mike pompeo left for germany today, and on his plane was his top counselor, ulrich brechbuhl, who was supposed to be testifying today but didn t show up. the secretary of state has been opposing and blocking release of documents to his committee. at the same time, his hometown newspaper is criticizing his repeated trips to kansas, political interviews there. at what point does the hatch act get violated by the secretary of