The State Department IG is Bad News for Trump. And Pelosi Already knows.

[berni_mccoy]

This is an emergency briefing. It’s classified. Trump and Pompeo had no idea it was coming.

Pelosi has a presser at 10:45 am tomorrow.

It’s not a coincidence.

AAAANND Trump is tweeting less than an hour ago that this is a COUP! (Can’t believe he spelled it right)

[Kingofalldems]

1. Maybe she already knows what's up?

[berni_mccoy]

6. I think she does.

[malaise]

2. Even worse for Pompeo - a witness can't block the investigation

[dkhbrit]

3. The documents

Apparently came from a recent (June) Trump employee.

Rachel covering this right now

[berni_mccoy]

5. An inexperienced lawyer acting as legal counsel

The State Department IG is no friend of the Trump Admin:

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/15/state-department-inspector-general-report-political-retaliation-1464586

[NCLefty]

40. Thx. I was wondering if we were ahead of ourselves assuming he's going to say bad stuff about Trump.

[calimary]

28. Welcome to DU, dkhbrit!

Can't wait to see this unspool - and preferably unspool donald, too. He's WAAAAAAY overdue for comeuppance.

[triron]

36. I must have 'missed' that. Would you say some more about that?

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Someone is sooo f**ked

[LonePirate]

7. How do we know the State Dept. IG is good news for us and American and bad news for 45 and Pompeo?

Is there anything to rely on here besides wishful thinking?

[berni_mccoy]

8. His track record

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/15/state-department-inspector-general-report-political-retaliation-1464586

[subana]

15. thank you!

I was looking for more info on him, he sounds like he could do a lot of damage!

Top officials in the State Department bureau that deals with international institutions engaged in “disrespectful and hostile treatment” of staffers, including harassing some over suspicions that they were “disloyal” due to their suspected political views, a federal watchdog says.

At least one top career employee was forced out of her position for inappropriate reasons, while others found themselves stripped of their duties because of their superiors’ political biases, according to the watchdog.

The findings were contained in a report published Thursday by the State Department inspector general’s office. The report, obtained in advance by POLITICO, is the first of two from the inspector general that explores allegations that President Donald Trump’s political appointees retaliated against career State Department employees. The second report is still being drafted.

[Roland99]

22. This Mari Stull is a real piece of work! Total tRump sycophant

From wiki

Soon after being appointed to a senior position in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs it was alleged that Stull was creating lists of those perceived as loyal or disloyal to the President.[12] This included reviewing employees social media accounts for hints about their political and social positions.[13] She would personally confront those who she believed to be disloyal and called State Department employees 'Obama holdovers,' 'traitors,' and ‘disloyal,’ to their faces.[6] She was accused of making lists of State Department employees suspected of potential disloyalty to President Trump, as well as private U. S. citizens working for the United Nations and other international organizations.[14] Reporting on these incidents raised the attention of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.[15] The August 2019 IG report did not contain any information confirming or denying the existence of a loyalty list.[

[FailureToCommunicate]

9. I hope the IG is staying at a "safe house" tonight, and not driving tomorrow.

[orangecrush]

10. Liddle' Duce coup?

[volstork]

12. You spelled little wrong.

[Control-Z]

37. You are right. Nice catch.

And there is no apostrophe. NO apostrophe!





(Not sure if I need more than just the smillie here.)

[PJMcK]

39. What apostrophe?!

That's a hyphen!

Dear Leader said so.

[meadowlander]

19. You don't know what Nancy's got

[subana]

11. maybe he discovered the spell checker?

haha...still it's surprising that he didn't spell it something like cou

Lawrence O'Donnell said he had never heard of something like this before! That tells me it's something really big!

[cynatnite]

13. I'm leaning towards a Pompeo impeachment being added to the mix. n/t

[Flaleftist]

14. It was a FOX chyron. That's why he spelled it right.

[subana]

16. that makes sense! n/t

[calimary]

32. Welcome to DU, subana!

Somebody at MSNBC had a spelling problem, too. They ran a graphic with the headline "State Dept. IG Breifing on Capitol Hill"... that detailed "...and 'urgent request' to brie committee staff about documents related to the State Department and Ukraine, multiple Congressional sources tell NBC News." "Breifing."

The headline on the next graphic spelled "Briefing" as it should properly be spelled.

I'd include a photo, but it involves too many technical complications for a Luddite like me.

[subana]

35. thanks!

I'm not really new but thanks for the welcome.

MSNBC doesn't usually make spelling mistakes, none that I've noticed anyway. I know they seemed eager to get this story out so maybe they were too rushed to spell check.

[berni_mccoy]

18. Lol

[ffr]

17. I'm upset

Because I read this post thinking I'd REC'ed it, but I hadn't.

Recommending!

[Marcuse]

20. Oh Boy! Meet Steve Linick.

From Politico:

Top officials in the State Department bureau that deals with international institutions engaged in “disrespectful and hostile treatment” of staffers, including harassing some over suspicions that they were “disloyal” due to their suspected political views, a federal watchdog says.

[certainot]

25. now he really walks the walk

[subana]

34. cool!

I like him!! Thanks for the video!

[AlexSFCA]

21. I don't know what sickens me more gop sticking w/trump

or gop replacing trump with somebody else and wash him off like lice (USA has very short memory for anything political). On one hand I want them to stick with trump so he can take the entire evil political party to hell with him, on the other hand, the longer he is supported the more dangerous it is for the entire world.

[BigmanPigman]

23. The only coup is the cuckoo in the W House.

[Newest Reality]

26. I think that may be true.

That may be what we are actually trying to nip in the bud, actually: A slow-motion, Reality TV-style, bloodless coup.

Given enough time, certain circumstances could give him more leverage to accomplish that, too, so it is not too farfetched all things considered. There are many indications that might support that possibility.

He often accuses people of what he does, that's one indicator, among many.

[BigmanPigman]

27. Yes, he does tend to project his negative traits onto others

like telling that guy at his rally to go on a diet and exercise.

[certainot]

24. swallow that thumbdrive! it'll be out after a pot of coffee in time for the briefing

does anyone know if all those committees hear that at the same time?

[George II]

29. I think he just bought a 2-door Toyota, a "coupe"!

[Hekate]

30. If you pray, pray for the safety of that man tonight...

Mme Speaker's presser is 7:45 am my time, so just set my alarm clock for 7:00 am.

Need coffee -- not a morning person.

[FairPlayDave]

31. coverage

I am not watching TV, but i don't see any MSM websites covering this. Am i missing it? Is Maddow?

[berni_mccoy]

41. It's on many MSM sites. Was even there last night

[enid602]

42. Pootie

I just hope that Putin hasn’t found the WB.