Washington (CNN) US diplomats are calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to denounce President Donald Trump's role in the violent insurrection attempt on the US Capitol on Wednesday. 'An integral role'The document is an extraordinary rebuke of Trump from diplomats whose job is to serve as personal representatives of the President overseas. The memo, which will soon be sent to Pompeo, was sent through the State Department's well-established "dissent channel," a mechanism for State Department officials to offer alternative views on foreign policy without fear of retaliation. Some State Department officials -- both career officials and political officials -- do not agree with the dissent memo, or what they see as the intention behind it. Yet other State Department officials felt that the memo is sending a clear message to Pompeo and was an action that the diplomats needed to take.

Source: CNN January 08, 2021 18:56 UTC