Post by cliffs on Oct 24, 2019 0:24:42 GMT
WASHINGTON — Laura Cooper, the top Pentagon official overseeing U.S. policy regarding Ukraine, testified in front of House impeachment investigators on Wednesday after a five-hour delay caused by a group of House Republicans who stormed the secure room where the deposition was taking place.
According to multiple accounts from lawmakers, the Republicans, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., burst in shortly after a morning press conference protesting the impeachment process as unfair. More than two dozen GOP members participated, a House Intelligence Committee official said. In what the official called a "major security breach," the Republicans brought their cellphones into the SCIF, which is not permitted. Some Republican members refused to comply with requests to remove those devices from the room, the official said.
House rules only allow members to participate in depositions if they serve on the committees holding the depositions, which in the case of the impeachment inquiry are the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/laura-cooper-pentagon-official-overseeing-ukraine-testifies-impeachment-inquiry-n1070586
According to multiple accounts from lawmakers, the Republicans, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., burst in shortly after a morning press conference protesting the impeachment process as unfair. More than two dozen GOP members participated, a House Intelligence Committee official said. In what the official called a "major security breach," the Republicans brought their cellphones into the SCIF, which is not permitted. Some Republican members refused to comply with requests to remove those devices from the room, the official said.
House rules only allow members to participate in depositions if they serve on the committees holding the depositions, which in the case of the impeachment inquiry are the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/laura-cooper-pentagon-official-overseeing-ukraine-testifies-impeachment-inquiry-n1070586
