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fleur-de-lisa

(14,627 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 03:53 PM Oct 2019

Jake Tapper: Volker will be leaving the McCain Institute

Jake Tapper ✔ @jaketapper

Source confirms: Ambassador Volker will be leaving the @McCainInstitute. Source adds that the Institute had been sticking with him until the text messages were released and it came out that Volker was much more involved in the Ukraine scandal then he had led others to believe.

2:41 PM - Oct 4, 2019


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Jake Tapper: Volker will be leaving the McCain Institute (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Oct 2019 OP
ETTD! nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #1
It's three T's but, yeah, exactly BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #2
"Everything" is one word. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #5
Oops BeyondGeography Oct 2019 #7
My thought exactly. madaboutharry Oct 2019 #3
In the immortal words of Rick Wilson: "Everything Trump touches dies" hlthe2b Oct 2019 #4
Those transcripts we saw yesterday FakeNoose Oct 2019 #6

hlthe2b

(102,298 posts)
4. In the immortal words of Rick Wilson: "Everything Trump touches dies"
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 03:57 PM
Oct 2019

He sounded as though he was genuinely trying to help Ukraine navigate an impossible situation. That said, he clearly broached and even ran through the line of acceptability making himself essentially an accomplice.

FakeNoose

(32,652 posts)
6. Those transcripts we saw yesterday
Fri Oct 4, 2019, 04:44 PM
Oct 2019

... if they are any indication, made it sound like Volker was a willing participant in the shake-down, at least until the Whistleblower's report came out.

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