Sec. Mike Pompeo defends his public statement that a senior adviser did not ask him to issue a statement of support for the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine after the adviser testified under oath that he asked Pompeo three times to do so.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday defended his public statement that a senior adviser did not ask him to issue a statement of support for the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine after the adviser testified to the House under oath that he asked Pompeo three times to do so.
The State Department denied those allegations at the time, but they appear to have influenced Trump's decision to recall her. In his controversial July 25 call with Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trump called Yovanovitch"bad news" and said she was"going to go through some things." That seemed to contradict what Pompeo told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on"This Week" on Oct. 20.
Asked about the difference Thursday in Germany, Pompeo initially dismissed the question:"I clearly follow this a lot less than you do. I haven't had the chance -- it's a pretty busy world out there -- I haven't had the chance to follow this."
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