House Democrat Subpoenas Head of Government’s Foreign Broadcast Media Agencies

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) arrives to hear testimony from U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondlandin Washington, on Oct. 17, 2019. Erin Scott/File Photo/Reuters

A Democratic-controlled House panel issued a subpoena for Michael Pack, the CEO of several federal government news outlets, after the agency told the panel he would not appear at an upcoming hearing.

“Mr. Pack’s office informed the Committee last night that he intended to back out on his commitment to appear at a hearing on September 24,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said in a statement Friday. “His office failed to provide any reasonable alternative dates and his excuse for breaking his commitment is not acceptable.”