“I haven’t read the manuscript,” Sec. of State Mike Pompeo tells KyraPhillips of ex-NSA John Bolton’s draft manuscript of a forthcoming book that has roiled the impeachment trial. “I'll be honest with you—I probably won’t read the book either.”
In Kyiv on Friday, Pompeo downplayed the report’s credibility -- but did not explicitly deny its contents.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands during a joint news conference in Kiev on Jan 31, 2020.Asked whether he trusts Bolton as a reliable narrator -- a subject of increasing tension and political jockeying in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump -- Pompeo demurred
The timing of Pompeo’s visit to the former Soviet state coincides with a crucial moment in the Senate impeachment trial of his boss -- the basis for which involves the Trump administration’s posture toward Kyiv in late summer of 2019. ABC News Correspondent Kyra Phillips talks to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Jan. 31, 2020, during his visit to Ukraine.
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