Democratic congressman pushes again after former CIA chief and secretary of state accuses him of leaking categorized info
Mike Pompeo is a “failed lackey of the Trump administration”, a spokesperson for Adam Schiff mentioned on Wednesday, after the previous CIA director and secretary of state accused the Democratic congressman of leaking categorized info.
“That is one other patently false and defamatory assertion from Mike Pompeo,” the spokesperson advised the Hill. “Whereas we perceive that Adam Schiff is a favourite goal for the failed lackeys of the Trump administration operating for president, respected information shops shouldn’t repeat these falsehoods.”
Pompeo made the declare in an interview with Fox Information, a part of publicity for his new guide, printed as Pompeo positions himself for a run for the Republican presidential nomination.
The Guardian obtained and reported a replica of By no means Give an Inch: Preventing for the America I Love, final week.
The guide has triggered controversy, notably over Pompeo’s declare that the UN ambassador (and potential major rival) Nikki Haley plotted to develop into vice-president to Donald Trump and over derisive feedback about Jamal Khashoggi, a US-resident Washington Submit author murdered by the Saudi regime.
In its evaluate, the Submit mentioned: “Hatred animates this guide. It’s obtained extra venom than a quiver of cobras.”
The Submit’s writer mentioned it was “shameful that Pompeo would unfold vile falsehoods to dishonor a brave man’s life and repair and his dedication to rules Individuals maintain pricey as a ploy to promote books”.
Pompeo responded defiantly, saying: “I by no means let the media bully me.”
Pompeo has struggled to make an affect in early polling concerning the Republican nomination however his interview on Wednesday was with a friendlier outlet.
He spoke to Fox Information after the Republican speaker, Kevin McCarthy, moved to dam Schiff and one other California Democrat, Eric Swalwell, from the Home intelligence committee.
Schiff chaired the committee from 2019 to 2023, taking a outstanding position in each Trump impeachments, publishing a guide and establishing a nationwide profile. On Thursday he introduced a run for the Senate.
Pompeo makes his accusation towards Schiff in his guide, saying he needed to “defend” categorized info from the congressman.
Talking to Fox Information, Pompeo mentioned: “Adam Schiff lied to the American folks, and through my time as CIA director and secretary of state, I do know that he leaked categorized info that had been offered to him.”
Pompeo was requested why, if he knew Schiff was leaking, he didn't take motion then.
It was “tough to pin down exactly what occurred”, he mentioned.
“After we offered info to him and to his employees, it ended up in locations it shouldn’t have been with alarming regularity. Ultimately, I made a decision, I held again info from them consequently.”
Entry to categorized info is a sizzling subject in Washington, after the invention that Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Mike Pence retained categorized information after leaving workplace.
Biden and Pence had been discovered to have retained small caches of paperwork after leaving the vice-presidency, paperwork they returned on discovery.
Trump took a vastly better variety of information when he left the White Home, and fought towards handing them again. Finally, the FBI raided his Florida dwelling.
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