Pompeo says State Dept will follow law in Trump impeachment
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the Department of State will do what is "required by law" in the impeachment proceedings against his boss and President Donald Trump.
Pompeo, who is travelling in Greece, told reporters that he sent a letter in this regard to the Congress on Friday night which he said was the department's initial response to the documents requested by a Congressional committee.
"We'll obviously do all the things we're required to do by law," Pompeo said in response to a question.
"I was a member of Congress once; Article I has a certain set of powers, and Article II has an obligation to make sure that we protect officials at the State Department," he added.
"And sadly, there have been congressional inquiries that have harassed and abused State Department employees by contacting them directly and seeking to have them provide documents documents that belong to the State Department, that are official US Government records and ask them to do so without ...