The CIA has been summoned by a Spanish court to explain an alleged plan to kill a man.
A Spanish security firm is being investigated by a court for possible espionage.
The US is being asked to testify.
According to ABC Spain, the former Secretary of State has been summoned by a Spanish court to explain an alleged US government plot to kill the founder of the whistle blower website.
Yahoo News reported in September that senior CIA and Trump administration officials discussed the possibility of kidnapping or killing the founder of the website.
The discussions took place at the highest levels of the Trump administration, according to a former senior counter intelligence official.
Sources close to the case told ABC Spain that the US Secretary of State has been summoned to appear in a Spanish court.
After living in the embassy for seven years, he was evicted in 2019.
Spanish National High Court Judge Santiago Pedraz summoned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former US counterintelligence official to testify about an alleged assassination plot.
Evanina allegedly confessed to having access to security camera footage and audio recordings from inside the Ecuadorian Embassy.
The alleged espionage plot would have been orchestrated from the U.S., according to a lawyer for the man.
According to the ABC Spain report, Judge Pedraz agreed to summon the two women at the request of the lawyers for the man.
They will be able to testify via video conference in the Spanish court.
Whether or not he will appear in court remains to be seen.
The director of the CIA from the beginning of the year to the end of the year was also the secretary of state.
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