SHAFR SUE POMPEO AND STATE DEPARTMENT OVER https www citizensforethics org    HTTP WWW FACEBOOK COM CITIZENSFORETHICS  HTTP WWW TWITTER COM CREWCREW November 5 2019 CONTACT Jordan Libowitz 202-408-5565 jlibowitz@citizensforethics org mailto jlibowitz@citizensforethics org CREW NSA AND SHAFR SUE POMPEO AND STATE DEPARTMENT OVER RECORDKEEPING FAILURE Washington – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Department of State broke the law by conducting an off-the-record shadow diplomacy in Ukraine according to a lawsuit filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW the National Security Archive NSA and the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations SHAFR   Secretary Pompeo and the State Department are likely violating the Federal Records Act which requires “accurate and complete documentation” of agency policies decisions and essential transactions At the direction of the president and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and with the knowledge of Pompeo State Department officials used a secret and irregular channel that bypassed department recordkeeping systems to enlist the aid of Ukraine at the behest of the president to dig up dirt on the president’s political enemies Further in at least one instance a high-level State Department official directed that no one transcribe a call between State Department officials and Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskyy Officials regularly used encrypted messenger apps to conduct official business without ensuring that those messages are preserved   DONATE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE https crewswork2018 “Secretary Pompeo and members of the State Department are the latest in a disturbing https www citizensforethics org  pattern of officials including the president himself who have apparently broken the law in an  effort to keep national security officials and the American people in the dark about the president’s misconduct ” said CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder “It is beyond  HTTP WWW FACEBOOK COM CITIZENSFORETHICS  HTTP WWW TWITTER COM CREWCREW troubling when an agency as important as the State Department decides to destroy or hide records of conversations that threaten our democracy rather than preserve them for the public ”  “Sworn testimony by Ambassador Bill Taylor a Vietnam vet West Point grad career https colleagues ordered no records kept of a key U S -Ukraine conversation right in the middle of crews- a secret hold on U S aid to Ukraine ” remarked NSA Director Tom Blanton “This was wrong work- The records laws place an obligation on the State Department to document its policies and 2018 decisions and the same goes for the White House ”  “Records are of fundamental importance for informed policymaking accountability and educated citizenship That is why we have the Presidential and Federal Records Acts and why it is imperative that these laws be observed ” said Kristin Hoganson SHAFR President “Foreign relations historians are deeply concerned about government records because they realize how high the stakes are for free and open government within the United States and around the world ” In a related pending lawsuit CREW NSA and SHAFR allege that President Trump and and other White House officials including Senior Advisor Jared Kushner violated the Presidential Records Act by failing to create records of their meetings with Vladimir Putin Kim Jong-Un and Saudi officials The latest revelations from the House impeachment proceeding suggest they were motivated by a desire to cover up evidence of presidential misconduct The three groups were granted a temporary restraining order against President Trump and the Executive Office of the President following the allegations in the Ukraine whistleblower complaint which compelled https www citizensforethics org pressrelease government-agrees-to-preserve-records-of-talks-with-foreign-leaders the government to immediately begin preserving records   Click here to read the lawsuit https s3 amazonaws com 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