Secretary of state made admission in Rome, after his participation had been reported in the US press US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has admitted he took part in the July phone call that is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, in which the US president put pressure on his Ukrainian counterpart to look for compromising material against a political opponent. Pompeo made the admission on Wednesday while on a trip to Rome, after his participation in the call had been reported in the US press. When asked in a television interview 10 days ago about the Trump conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Pompeo had looked quizzical and implied he was hearing about it for the first time. Continue reading... |