Three Democratic House chairmen fired back at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who alleged on Tuesday, Oct. 1 that attempts to get current and former State Department employees to testify without department counsel was part of “an attempt to intimidate, bully, and treat improperly” professionals at the department.
Pompeo said that House Democrats scheduled depositions for five current and former department personnel without giving them adequate time to secure counsel in addition to trying to get the personnel to sit for depositions without department counsel present.
