State Dept official appears under subpoena as part of impeachment probe
I read that Jim Jordan and other Repugs objected to this deposition being taken on a Saturday.
State Department official appears under subpoena as part of impeachment probe
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/state-department-official-expected-part-impeachment-probe/story?id=66532626
Oct 26, 2019, 9:49 PM ET
PHOTO: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Reeker participates in the second round of the Greece-United States Strategic Dialogue held in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 07, 2019.
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WatchState Department official testifies in impeachment probe
State Department official appears under subpoena as part of impeachment probe
Philip Reeker, the acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian affairs and a former ambassador, appeared with his lawyer on Saturday for a nearly nine-hour, closed-door interview with the three House committees leading an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump after, according to documents previously obtained by ABC News, he had been subpoenaed.
In testimony on Saturday, Reeker said he thought there was no credence in the attacks on the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, a source with direct knowledge of his testimony told ABC News.
Reeker, flanked by security as he left his deposition, did not answer questions from reporters.
Reeker began his current position in March, around the same time claims began swirling against Yovanovitch. Sources familiar with the matter told ABC News the committees asked Reeker questions about the former ambassador.........................................
