Pompeo says Trump-Zelensky call was 'consistent' with administration policy
Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoPompeo says Trump-Zelensky call was ‘consistent’ with administration policy Giuliani hits back at Trump’s nominee for Russia ambassador: He ‘doesn’t know what he’s talking about’ NY Democrat presses Trump officials on terrorist designation for foreign white supremacist groups MORE has said that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump congratulates Washington Nationals on World Series win Trump hints that dog injured in al-Baghdadi raid will visit White House Vindman says White House lawyer moved Ukraine call to classified server: report MORE‘s infamous July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was “consistent” with the administration’s policies.
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“The call was consistent with what I had a long set of conversations with President Trump on our policy for an awfully long time,” Pompeo said in an interview with Fox News. “Our policy has been very clear all along with respect to Ukraine.”
Asked whether any parts of the call were not included in the rough transcript released by the White House, Pompeo doubled down on the fact that it was “consistent” with the administration’s Ukraine policy.
“I heard the President very clearly on that call talking about making sure that corruption – whether that corruption took place in the 2016 election, whether that corruption was continuing to take place, that the monies that were being provided would be used appropriately,” Pompeo said.
“It was very consistent with what I’d understood President Trump and our administration to be doing all along,” he added.
In the Fox interview Pompeo also lamented the fact that State Department lawyers are not permitted to be part of closed-door witness testimonies in the impeachment inquiry, calling it “deeply troubling.”
“We’re not allowed to have State Department lawyers in the room. That’s deeply troubling,” he said. “But my understanding is that every one of these individuals had the same Ukrainian policy that President Trump had.”
White House official Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified this week that the rough transcript released by the White House did not include key words and phrases from the call, according to The New York Times.
Trump has sought to dismiss Vindman, calling him a “Never Trumper” in a tweet.
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