- Title: U.S. Rick Perry arrives at EU commission for talks on nuclear reactors
- Date: 21st October 2019
- Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (OCTOBER 21, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY RICK PERRY'S CONVOY ARRIVING AT EU COMMISSION BUILDING IN BRUSSELS / PERRY GETTING OFF CAR / ENTERING EU COMMISSION BUILDING (AUDIO OF JOURNALIST SHOUTING "Mr. Perry is subpoena illegal? Are we seeing Watergate?")
- Embargoed: 4th November 2019 07:28
- Keywords: perry rick perry impeachment trump eu commission modular reactors
- Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- City: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- Country: Belgium
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B21ID6V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry arrived in Brussels on Monday (October 21) for talks about advancing new nuclear energy technologies known as small modular reactors.
Three U.S. House of Representatives committees subpoenaed Perry on Oct. 10 for any role he played in Trump's push to pressure Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate his political rival, former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden and his son.
In a letter to the three committees, Melissa Burnison, an assistant energy secretary, wrote that the impeachment inquiry had not been properly authorized and that most of the information sought in the subpoena was confidential.
The energy department's response follows the lead of the White House, which has said it would refuse to cooperate with an "illegitimate, unconstitutional" congressional impeachment inquiry.
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