The five Trump officials Democrats want to depose

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The five Trump officials Democrats want to depose
By Rachel Frazin - 09/28/19 01:47 PM EDT



House Democrats have identified five State Department officials they intend to depose amid heightened scrutiny over President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

The Democrats sent the list of current and former officials in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, saying each has been scheduled for an interview with House committees in October. Lawmakers sent a separate memo notifying Pompeo of a subpoena for documents relating to the administration's dealings with Ukraine.

The officials Democrats want to depose include Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; Kurt Volker, a former NATO ambassador who was Trump’s special representative for Ukraine negotiations; State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent; State Department counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl; and Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union.

Four of the five officials were mentioned in a whistleblower complaint in which Trump is accused of pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for personal gain.

Here is what you should know about the current and former administration officials.

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[TomSea]

Great article:

1. Marie Yovanovitch

2. Kurt Volker , yes, the AZ thinktank referred to last night is the McCain Institute at ASU.  And he resigned yesterday, so 4 of 5 now,

3. George Kent

Well, so far, all 3 of these have to do with Ukraine?    Hmm?   

4. Ulrich Brechbuhl

5. Gordon Sondland

I hope the Senate can hold up, I still don't see what the great commotion about all of this is.

That Wilkow had a good tweet on this too, might hunt it up later.

And now Kasich is out there too on tv, so, I don't see how Republicans except for the usual suspects, Collins and so on, can turn their back on the Prez but I don't know, is Joni Ernst for example that solid, never mind Ben Sasse????