'He's as critical a witness as anybody,' former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman told Newsweek.
With Donald Trump's impeachment trial set to begin next week, all eyes are turning to potential witnesses like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who could shed light on the president's Ukraine dealings if he testifies.."We just didn't know it quite as explicitly as we know now."
"Pompeii [Pompeo] is now aware of it. Talked to him on Friday," Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, texted Republican operative Victoria Toensig in the lead-up to Yovanovitch's dismissal. Toensig had asked Giuliani if there was an"absolute commitment for HER to be gone this week." Pompeo has also been implicated in the Ukraine scheme in testimony from other officials that occurred during the House's impeachment inquiry. Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, used call and email records to show that Pompeo was in the loop. Kurt Volker, Trump's former special envoy to Ukraine, testified that he raised concerns about Giuliani's actions with Pompeo.
Trump also appeared willing to let his secretary of state appear in the Senate trial. In a press conference last month, the president said he'd like to put Pompeo on the stand along with acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the votes necessary to move forward with the trial without guaranteeing witnesses. The upper chamber will now vote mid-trial on issues like whether to call witnesses or consider new documents.
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