Mike Pompeo condemns Ukraine inquiry as ‘silly gotcha game’

Published October 5, 2019 7:04pm ET



Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the controversy surrounding the Trump administration and its outreach to Ukraine a “silly gotcha game.”

At the end of a speech in Greece on Saturday, the top U.S. diplomat was asked if there are any “red flags” that need further investigating stemming from a phone call in July in which President Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political rivals.

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