During a news conference in Germany on Thursday, Pompeo took umbrage with an American journalist's question posed to his German counterpart about whether Ukraine had “suffered a setback with what happened in Washington,” namely the White House’s“'What happened in Washington' this year is...” Pompeo began his retort, noting the U.S. aid was eventually relinquished, albeit after a bipartisan outcry.
But Pompeo danced around the question, noting that the adviser, Michael McKinley, had not raised the issue at the time of Yovanovitch’s abrupt recall from Kyiv in the spring. McKinley told lawmakers in sworn testimony last month that he’d spoken to Pompeo about coming to Yovanovitch’s defense three times in the short period between the release of the call notes and when he resigned over the issue at the end of September. The department’s failure to defend Yovanovitch — which officials told him was meant to protect her from unwanted scrutiny, but that Yovanovitch herself said she would have welcomed — had been “puzzling and baffling,” McKinley testified.
What do you expect from a Trumper? You raised your right hand and swore alliances to our constitution. Not to the president.
Obama had US Amb Marie Yovanovitch demand Ukraine not investigate Burisma & International Renaissance Foundation who'd conveniently lost 1.8 billion dollars run by Burisma oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and millions lost run by George Soros IRF. Would be nice if real story was reported
Trump knows nothing about government. He do not need anybody permission to recall any ambassador. If the so called ambassador is staff of the state department he or she can go back to desk duty period.
If she didn't support Trump's policies then she should have left. It's not her policies it's Trump's policies needing supported. Not Obama's
This man is a disgrace to West Point and makes a Harvard degree look like an internet purchase ...from some republican who peddles phony degrees...
Yeah of course he did. Too much of a punk to stand up for her, and too much of a punk to admit it. Total disgrace.
He needs to just duck out of government!
He lies with the best of them
No smear campaign. She didn't work well with new Ukraine administration. Zelensky is very clear about that. New administrations cause turn over for bureaucrats. You can set your watch by it.
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