Kharkiv national medical university, University in Kharkiv, Ukraine

The revelation, which was made by the official to The Wall Street Journal on Monday, has brought the State Department closer to the impeachment inquiry that was launched by the House Democrats on September 24, reports Efe news.Pompeo's participation on the call, which hadn't been previously reported, was one of several developments related to the controversy that centres on Trump repeatedly urging Zelensky to cooperate with his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr, to investigate a Ukrainian gas company that might be related to former Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, according to a transcript of the call released on September 25 by the White House.Three House committees - Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight - on September 27 subpoenaed Pompeo for documents related to the inquiry; he has until October 4 to produce them.The impeachment inquiry is focused on Trump's dealings with Ukraine. Lawmakers are honing in on a whistleblower complaint by a person identified as an officer at the Central Intelligence Agency and a record of the call between the two presidents that was released by the administration.If the Democrats approve articles of impeachment, the matter would move to trial in the Senate, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed on Monday he would hold."I would have no choice but to take it up," the Kentucky Republican said on CNBC. "How long you are on it is a different matter, but I would have no choice but to take it up based on a Senate rule on impeachment."The scrutiny of the call with Ukraine, which came at a time when Trump had ordered US aid to Ukraine put on hold, has prompted a wider examination of efforts by the Trump administration to engage foreign leaders in assisting with issues important to the President.Barr has asked Trump to make introductions to a number of foreign officials he believes might have information relevant to the Justice Department's review of the origins of the Russia investigation and has held overseas meetings with some of them, a Justice Department official said on Monday.Trump recently called Australian Prime Minister Scott Morisson at Barr's request, two government officials said, to ask him to help with the inquiry.But the department official did not specify from which other countries Barr is seeking information.The Republican-led Senate is considered unlikely to convict Trump in any impeachment trial. Removing the president requires approval by two-thirds of the 100-member Senate.Some Senate Republicans have voiced concern over the allegations outlined in a whistleblower complaint made public last week, but none has voiced support for impeachment.( With inputs from IANS )

Kharkiv National Medical UniversityFOLLOW

Kharkiv national medical university, Latest News

A 30-minute phone call with the newly elected Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25 has opened a Pandoras box across the US. During the conversation, Zelensky asks for the anti-tank missile Javelins. Then US President Donald Trump says that ...

On Friday the impeachment inquiry game was truly afoot and the ugly Washington underbelly was exposed, the dragnet tightening against President Donald Trump. ...

The quagmire that US President Donald Trump finds himself in leaves him undeterred as he sashays forth with great abandon. Even as the Dems want to unleash a slew of subpoenas against his inner circle, he trashes the idea of his popularity diminishin ...

With Barack Obama's old running mate Joe Biden now an outlier with the Donald Trump administration and worse still, a challenger for the 2020 presidency, the stand-off between the two has only grown fiercer. In an angry address in New Hampshire, Bide ...

Ukraine is the most maligned word in the Washington mix right now. Wherever one goes in the city of intrigue, President Donald Trump remains much vilified and yet his popularity hasn't lost too much of his sheen. ...

With Democrats breathing down his neck with their impeachment proceedings, US President Donald Trump has defiantly called on China to investigate former Vice President John Biden and his son Hunter over their business deals there. ...

US President Donald Trump has urged China to investigate the family of Joe Biden, a former Vice President of the US and a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. ...

A senior US official has said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo among the administration officials who participated in the July 25 phone call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky which has led to an impeac ...