Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is defending the actions of State Department officials who facilitated President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in his efforts to pressure Ukrainian officials to investigate Trump's political opponents.
Giuliani has spent months now trying to pressure the government of Ukraine's newly elected president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate unfounded allegations of corruption by former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, and of election interference against Trump's 2016 presidential campaign by Ukrainian officials, accused of leaking details about then-campaign manager Paul Manafort and his work for the corrupt Russian-backed oligarch who once led Ukraine.
In an interview with Fox News Tuesday, Giuliani said the department directed him to act, later telling other outlets that he briefed Volker and U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland after his meetings. The military assistance was eventually released by the State Department and Pentagon. Mark Green, the U.S. Agency for International Development administrator, told ABC News Thursday that none of his agency's assistance to Ukraine was ever held up:"I've never had a single conversation with anybody in the administration" about Ukraine, he said.
Pompeo has not said whether they will. The State Department has not responded to request for comment. There are also lingering questions about the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch. A career diplomat still in the Foreign Service and serving as a fellow at Georgetown University, Yovanovitch reportedly ended her term in Kyiv months early when she departed in May. Giuliani claimed in an interview that she was"fired" after he and Ukraine's former public prosecutor trashed her for obstructing investigations into corruption.
No one is pressuring the Ukrainian government that's Joe Biden you're talking about.
He may be the Whistleblower
he Pompeo should go too, he is also covering things up and has not done a good job at Sec of State, my God why would he let Giuliani be a spokesman and investigator, nuts
Resign! Do something good for the country.
That’s his job I really don’t understand why people think that the republicans are going to turn on the president because they not! We really wasting our valuable time with all of the BS!. His time is coming believe that!
Fire him too!! 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Did Giuliani have appropriate background checks? Has he been trained? Why would the President's personal attorney be involved with foreign affaires? Was he paid?
Of course he is. Otherwise he’d be admitting his own guilt.
CountryOverPar5 He needs to be fired & investigated for crimes against America. Pompeo is a political hack who is a mindless minion of Trump, who is in it for personal gain & not the greater good of the country!!!!
Memo: Pompeo is complicit!
Tool
Offs!!! Of course!!!
Pompeo is as big of a crook as his boss the Donald
Rudy should not have been dealing with world leaders he is not a government employee
impeachpompeo
Too late. Resign
Crook lock him up
OMG.... no one is above the law (as Democrats keep saying). This includes Biden. Simply because Biden is running for office doesn't negate any criminal wrongdoing he might have committed. Biden did ethically questionable things with Ukraine that NEED to be investigate.
Most criminals role with other criminals.
Good luck with that...
Hunter Biden is a political opponent? Should political opponent’s corruption be ignored by the executive branch
I don't understand why the State Dept., Pompeo, the prez & possibly other advisors, thought it was a smart idea to have Rudy contacting a foreign leader. Was he to be the fall guy in case things got ugly? To me, it seems Zelensky & his govt. got played too. What will Rudy do?
Impeach him, too!
ImpeachPompeo
Lock them all up
ABC... this is gross dishonesty. Nowhere in the transcript did Trump ask for an investigation into Biden. He asked about Crowdstrike. Just because you WANT to infer otherwise, doesn’t make it so. FakeNews
who doesnt want to hear from satans spawn 1st thing in the morning ?
You are all crooks and scrambling to invent your coverup. The majority of Americans don’t believe it.
Propaganda narrative, ballon narrative purpose to cloud election & positive economy going into 20 ,because Alt left congress has nothing else to offer & will refuse to conduct bussiness such as USMCA & the like for the citizens.
I can’t stomach this situation any longer! 🤢
Trying to get Trump Administration Officials infighting by spreading “HEARSAY, NON-OFFICIAL, HE-SAID-SHE-SAID BY SOMEONE WHO HEARD SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING!” Is what happens in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Everyone is on 2 your LYING & MANIPULATIVE MEDIA & DUMBOCRAT ways—ZERO CREDIBILITY!
😯😯😯😯
Lock him up, as well. Traitor
Of course he is 😂
Mike you a fool
fakenews again. No pressure Ukraine volunteering
DONALD’S PERSONAL PUPPET.
Political opponents? Hunter and joe are the criminals
Oh I get it. Because he's a liar.
Here we go again .... pressure
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Political opponents? They have been investigating this long before Biden even announced he was running.... Joe 30330 hasn’t even won the primary.... How the hell is he a political opponent? Media hack slobs....
There is no defense for the indefensible.
😳😳😳I expected denial.
Pompeo has really gone off the deep end! He will say absolutely anything to protect Trump and the GOP. He is looking more ridiculous every single day with his very stupid rationalizations for this administration. Unbelievable
Is he the US Attorney General or Trumps private attorney. You cannot be both!
*pressure 🤦🏼♀️
Just as a side note, republicans abs and president trump had a record breaking week in fundraising. Just saying.
So as long as you’re in politics you can’t be investigated for a crime😂 seems about right
ImpeachmentNow ImpeachBarr
Jest to dość złożona deklaracja zgodności.
There is no real defense for Trump’s extorting, pressuring, or even just ASKING a foreign entity to do his personal bidding against Americans—ESPECIALLY while dangling a big green carrot in front of their noses.
This latest from Pompeo is f*cking bizarre
Crooks always follows crooks
Lock SecPompeo up! Ukraine WhistleblowerComplaint foxandfriends GMA TODAYshow weatherchannel
But ummm...weren't Trump's political opponents pressuring Ukrainian officials to investigate him first? 🤣🤣
Let’s put that in perspective: Sec. of State used your tax dollars to help trump 2020 campaign, so trump personal lawyer to go to Ukraine and make up false story about his opponent to win the election.THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THE MUELLER REPORT. The only difference it’s Russia
Anyone, expecting anything else must be surprised water is wet.
It’s the Presidents job. Ignoring Joe Biden’s corruption would make him a co-conspirator .... like Hillary Obama Podesta Romney And on and on and on. Who has the guts to look into it? Definitely not
Pompeo is in too deep now he has no choice!😭😭😭✌🏾
You guys at ABC May have your facts a bit mixed up as to why Pompeo is defending the DOS.
Just another hoax the Democrats are putting on they don’t realize it’s destroying the only person that could probably be the president 😂😂😂😂
If you don't like Pompeo defending his supervisor - VOTE
Crazytown
SecPompeo of course
PomPom needs to go. Always thought he was an instigator
He is corrupt.
THIS SECRETARY OF STATE IS A POMPOUS ASS! AND IF HE THINKS HE LOOKS BETTER THAN TRUMP OR GULIANNI HE IS WRONG! KICK THEM ALL OUT OF WASHINGTON!
Bye bye mike.
More lies
Trump's tariffs are now hurting the lumber workers. Lumber sales are down 41% this year. People are losing their jobs and business, all while Donald tweets about how great he is. The crazy thing is that the people being hurt by Trump, will probably vote for him again.
Number 1 at West Point? What a shit class.
Word of the day “ Cabal”
The Democrats party only socialim sorry
ABC is just like Fox. You won’t get the true facts 👎🏻
Oh, has he actually taken the time to read the 'transcript' now? He couldn't be bothered to read the 8 pages yesterday.
They provided a private citizen without a security clearance access to privileged information. People should go to jail
Once again, guilty because accused, there were is no more due process in this country.
Lock him up too!
Well, that Thursday deadline was yesterday, right? If so, then pls issue those subpoenas this morning, Reps Engel, Cummings & Schiff. Imma thinking you've already got them printed up & ready to go.
please continue pompeo. there are enough orange jumpsuits for everyone
😬😣😳😾
Trump and Pompeo are acting illegally. Rudy Giuliani is not a government employee and he does not have a security clearance.
Joe Biden only entered the presidential race in hopes that it would shield him and his son from being investigated. Just another dirty trick. He broke the law and should be prosecuted regardless if he is a political opponent of the President.
ImpeachTrump
And Adam Schitt lies, makes up stories...media is fake!
Is that the same Mike Pompeo, on record talking (bragging!) about 'lying, cheating & stealing'?
It’s pretty obvious What Biden and his son did is corrupt as hell and needs to be investigated. Only a corrupt media would be against it.
SecPompeo you must resign, how dare you, shame on you to condone interference in our elections, you are unfit and must resign now!
It's those under Pompeo that will be interesting to hear speak. Pompeo's actions are not normal.
If they were justified, why did they originally deny their involvement?
He is covering up for Trump. He’s now part of the ComplicitCorruptGOP
State Department spokesperson, in regards to Ukraine meetings, said, “Mr. Giuliani is a private citizen and acts in a personal capacity as a lawyer for President Trump. He does not speak on behalf of the U.S. Government.”
Fat SecPompeo is defending treason. He’s not worthy of Kansas.
Pompeo, Barr, Rudy (PBR) all need to go.
Investigate Biden. Don’t shoot the messenger.
defending the indefensible
This morning a Movistar technical assumption was presented and the new spy of the Mossos D'Escuadra the key of the roof, the delivered and then I asked the tenant where the lease was the answer, well they want to intervene my communications. Torture continues in my own house.
trump is not the only one in his administration that is corrupt...
This is outrageous!!!!
Liars. The President was looking into a potential crime. So what if that person is a candidate now? That's somehow an exemption?
Whoa, you mentioned 3 pigs in one sentence!
Of course he does 🙄
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Oh yes...the swamp
So it's ok to use tax payer money to hire a personal attorney to dig up dirt on a political opponent from a foreign gov't that will pay for an investigation on behalf of the president. So basically screw tittle 52. Ok
Lackey
Giuliani is not ,never was,able to b anything but Trump's messenger boy. He is should b charged with treason for talking to Ukrainian officials about America.
Giuliani is a PRIVATE attorney for Trump, NOT a FED. lawyer for the USA ! ConflictsOfInterest Any illegal involvement w/Government affairs & obtaining what Trumps admin. deemed Classified info, since he ordered to LOCK up the Phone Call Info, is ILLEGAL under Fed laws !
BlueSt0rmRising He needs to go.
Lock them up
Is it Time to find out more about Origins of The Russian Collusion Hoax? Trump believes hoax originated w meddling by previous administration in Ukraine. Dems trying to block State Department’s investigation w phony deep state Whistleblower complaint?
No that wasn’t a biased lie propaganda headlines for the liberal knee jerk demodesperate party at all!
In my personal opinion, if these allegations are true and I think are not , it is 👌 for the president of the 🇺🇸 to investigate the corruption of Biden as he is running for presidency. Besides I do not think that Biden can make it to become an opponent to the president,
Your claim is complete BullSchiff You read the transcript and saw the testimony. Are you doubling down on stupid abc ? EnemyOfThePeople FakeNews
Pompas ass
How can it be defended especially by the perpetrator?
I wonder why theses same people so intent on impeaching pres trump turned a blind eye to the obama administration ......et tu Brutus!
He is rounding the discord of his team's actions, making them more palatable for intellectual absorption with condiments - spicy cheating after cheating.
“Pressure”
Another Trump stooge!
Is Giuliani registered as a foreign agent?
SecPompeo is going to catch the bus with RudyGiuliani Enjoy your trip!
Stephie1945
Your job is definitely in jeopardy. Everything you say to cover up for Mr Trump will not save your career nor your reputation. Do you honestly think Mr Trump would come to your aid in a public relations debacle?
everyone loves a good drama
PompeoKnew
Makes me worry about what West Point is producing.
Guiliani no wrong text. He was approved to find what really happened in the 2016 election with foreign interference. Investigating that
BlueSt0rmRising This current group of All the Presidents men make Watergate look like a game of Candyland
This conflation of personal interest and government action is nothing short of revolting. I may be a Canadian but in all my career as a public servant, I have never, ever seen anything like this.🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦
So SecPompeo when you decide to crawl out of Trump’s ass, side on the right side of history and realize that your oath is for protecting the American country and not Trump as president, then and only then will you have an ounce of respect from any intelligent people.
He was hired as chief a licker.
What did u Want the Don’s Loyalists to Saaaaaay!!?
Of course he is
Impeach this incompetent SOB too!
he is complicit
I and most sane Americans are uninterested in the lies of these corrupt shitheads. Please report differently. Thanks.
👀 Oh?
GOP stay in single file please.
really
If any of them have dirty hands, Nancy and Schiff are gonna clean em for them.
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