众议院特别委员会正在调查1月6日攻击知情人士告诉ABC新闻,美国国会大厦正在与前国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥就他的证词进行闭门积极讨论。
消息人士称,蓬佩奥暂定于未来几天与该委员会对话。
最近与蓬佩奥的接触表明,该委员会继续有兴趣从特朗普政府高级官员那里收集信息和证词,因为它将于今年秋天发布一份关于其调查结果的公开报告。
蓬佩奥的律师拒绝置评,1月6日委员会的发言人也拒绝置评。
根据特朗普白宫办公厅主任马克·梅多斯的高级助手卡西迪·哈钦森的说法,蓬佩奥在1月6日打电话给梅多斯,提醒他内阁内部正在讨论援引第25修正案作为罢免特朗普的手段。
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“据我所知,这更像是——这是我听到的,我希望你意识到这一点,但我也认为这值得你注意,因为你是参谋长,”哈钦森回忆说,蓬佩奥在1月6日的委员会作证时告诉梅多斯。“严格来说,你是所有内阁秘书的老板。你知道,如果对话取得进展,你应该准备好采取行动。”
ABC新闻首席记者Jonathan Karl在他的书《背叛:Trump Show的最后一幕》中写道,蓬佩奥和当时的财政部长Steven Mnuchin讨论了援引第25修正案的可能性。蓬佩奥否认有过对话。
House Jan. 6 committee in discussions with Mike Pompeo for testimony, sources say
The House select committee investigating theJan. 6 attackon the U.S. Capitol is in active discussions with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his testimony behind closed doors, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
Pompeo is tentatively scheduled to speak with the committee in the coming days, sources said.
The recent outreach to Pompeo is an indication of the committee's continuing interest in gathering information and testimony from high-level Trump administration officials as it moves toward the release of a public report on its findings this fall.
A lawyer for Pompeo declined to comment, as did a spokesperson for the Jan. 6 committee.
According to Cassidy Hutchinson, who was a top aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Pompeo called Meadows on Jan. 6 to alert him that discussions were happening within the Cabinet about invoking the 25th Amendment as a vehicle to remove Trump from office.
"And from what I understand, it was more of a -- this is what I'm hearing, I want you to be aware of it, but I also think it's worth putting on your radar because you are the chief of staff," Hutchinson recalled Pompeo telling Meadows in her testimony before the Jan. 6 committee. "You're technically the boss of all the cabinet secretaries. And you know if the conversations progressed you should be ready to take action on this."
In his book "Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show," ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl wrote that Pompeo and then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment. Pompeo has denied that conversation occurred.