Dems threaten to subpoena Pompeo on Ukraine
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak to reporters at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (Photo: AP)

US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he personally pressured the Trump administration to release US aid to Ukraine this summer, a time when the funding is now under scrutiny with a whistleblower’s complaint against the president.

The Republican leader said Monday he did not know the content of the whistleblower’s complaint. President Donald Trump was reportedly withholding funding for Ukraine as he urged the country’s president to investigate his chief political rival, Joe Biden. Trump denies any wrongdoing.

McConnell says he contacted both the Defense Secretary and the Secretary of State this summer to release the funds. Congress had approved $250 million for Ukraine security.

He criticized Democrats for demanding public scrutiny of Trump’s actions. He said the Intelligence committee should handle questions in a classified setting.