Looks like they got ahead of themselves here. Protocol may sink them, even beyond having no facts/factual basis whatsoever....

Pompeo hits House Dems for 'harassment' of State Dept. staff
By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Saturday, October 5, 2019
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/5/pompeo-says-state-dept-sent-letter-in-response-to-/
https://archive.is/PCLhE

Says they should have gone through dept. lawyers for records, not staffers directly
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday slammed a congressional subpoena of records from his department as politically motivated, accusing Democrats leading the investigation of “harassment.”

“We’ll obviously do all the things we’re required to do by law,” Mr. Pompeo told reporters at a press conference in Athens, Greece, noting that the State Department had officially given its “initial response” to the request Friday.

Congress has requested documents as part of the probe from Mr. Pompeo, in addition to several other State Department employees, Vice President Mike Pence, and the White House.

Responding to the request Saturday, Mr. Pompeo accused Democrats of having “harassed and abused State Department employees” by requesting documents from them directly rather than going through the department’s lawyers, who typically handle document requests from congressional oversight committees.

“That’s harassment and I’ll never let that happen to my team,” said Mr. Pompeo.