{"id":16174,"date":"2020-09-21T19:42:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/21\/dems-drop-pompeo-contempt-threat-after-records-turned-over\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:43:06","slug":"dems-drop-pompeo-contempt-threat-after-records-turned-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2020\/09\/21\/dems-drop-pompeo-contempt-threat-after-records-turned-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems drop Pompeo contempt threat after records turned over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The House Foreign Affairs Committee has dropped a threat of contempt against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after the State Department turned over 16,000 pages of records related to a Senate investigation of Democrat Joe Biden\u2019s son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., had subpoenaed Pompeo and threatened to hold him in contempt of Congress after months of requesting the records, which had already been turned over to the Republican-led Senate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GOP probe by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee is looking at Hunter Biden\u2019s work in Ukraine, an investigation that Democrats say is an effort to boost President Donald Trump\u2019s reelection bid. The chairman of that committee, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, has said he will issue a final report in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t have taken a subpoena, let alone the threat of contempt, for Secretary Pompeo to comply with the Committee\u2019s oversight request,\u201d Engel said in a statement. \u201cNevertheless, I\u2019m gratified that we\u2019ve received these materials and can review them before Senate Republicans issue their report.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t