Pompeo adviser who resigned last week to decry politicization of State Dept. in impeachment probe testimony

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Michael McKinley, the former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo until his sudden resignation last week, will tell House impeachment investigators Wednesday that career diplomats were mistreated during his tenure and some had their careers derailed for political reasons, according to a person familiar with his testimony.

McKinley will outline how his concerns culminated with the recall of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, a punitive action he and many other rank-and-file diplomats viewed as wholly unjustified.

"The unwillingness of State Department leadership to defend Yovanovitch or interfere with an obviously partisan effort to intervene in our relationship with Ukraine for the political benefit of the president was too much for him," said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be candid.

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McKinley's last day was Friday, though he had informed Pompeo more than a week earlier that he was resigning. The split has been bitter, as shown by the absence of a statement from Pompeo expressing gratitude for McKinley's 37 years of service.

The person familiar with McKinley's statement said the veteran diplomat will not criticize Pompeo directly, though he will discuss his concern over the politicization of the agency in the Trump administration.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...3eec04-ffa5-4189-9845-dc8ad3be190b_story.html

Boom.

 

[Wyman Manderly]

May the details be juicy and plentiful

 

[Flex1212]

Glad to see this is moving fast. These crooks need to pay.

 

[Landy828]

...although this is closer to what is coming out of it...

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Good.

 

[Daphne]

37 years of service and Pompeo doesn't even have the ounce of decency it takes to say a simple thank you for your service. To be expected of his sort though.

This is what they mean by "Deep State". Professional career people who have professional ethics and a belief in service; it means they are not craven partisans ready to do their bidding, and therefore are the natural enemy of the Trump administration and Republicans because they have basic integrity. Can't have that.

 

[Fergie]

I guess after he fired a ton of people, he's finally found his willing craven circle in Barr and co.

 

[DrewFu]

Anything new on this?

 

[so1337]

37 years of service and Pompeo doesn't even have the ounce of decency it takes to say a simple thank you for your service. To be expected of his sort though.

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Pompeo is one of the most effortlessly evil people in this administration. Can't wait for this lying bastard to get what's coming to him.