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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:24 AM Oct 2019

Trump's stonewalling 'no longer seems to be working': Maddow expects Mike Pompeo to leave admin...

“A key part of this scheme these guys were trying to pull off with President Trump involved ousting the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. She was pulled out of the embassy — apparently with the consent of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — in the spring of this year,” Maddow reported.

“Ambassador Yovanovitch testified on Friday that she was told to get out of Ukraine, ‘on the next plane.’ In her opening statement before her nine-hour deposition on Friday, she spelled out how the number two official in the State Department told her it was on the president’s orders that she was being recalled from her ambassadorship, even though she was told she had done nothing wrong,” she continued.

“It is hard to imagine that Mike Pompeo gets to stay on as Secretary of State in these circumstances,” Maddow said.

“Well, tonight you can add plus one to that, because just before getting on the air tonight, we learned that that recently resigned senior adviser to Mike Pompeo, Michael McKinley — the one who reportedly stepped down in protest of Pompeo’s behavior — Michael McKinley is now scheduled to testify in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump,” she reported. “His deposition is scheduled for the day after tomorrow.”


[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trumps-stonewalling-no-longer-seems-to-be-working-maddow-expects-mike-pompeo-to-leave-the-administration/|]

Emphasis mine...
You know what we are witnessing...



The whole crooked house of lying calls is coming down around his head...


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Trump's stonewalling 'no longer seems to be working': Maddow expects Mike Pompeo to leave admin... (Original Post) Soph0571 Oct 2019 OP
Pompeo and Ghouliani BOTH are hand grenades with the pins out. MFGsunny Oct 2019 #1
As they say in Pinochle......What's trump? ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2019 #2
Pompeo has no shame C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #3
He may run for the Senate in Kansas. Lonestarblue Oct 2019 #4
I saw that Kobach was trailing bigly NewJeffCT Oct 2019 #9
yes, he has no shame, but I also think he wants to save his own skin... Javaman Oct 2019 #7
I hope he leaves--in handcuffs and leg irons...... lastlib Oct 2019 #5
No, it's not working. They can't stop people from testifying. paleotn Oct 2019 #6
No, Pompusass won't resign, you can bet on that. See.... machoneman Oct 2019 #8
I think Raftergirl Oct 2019 #10
Yeah, some of them were able to be recycled into the Bush and other administrations. nt woodsprite Oct 2019 #12
This gif is perfect - and I love your analogy FakeNoose Oct 2019 #11

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)
1. Pompeo and Ghouliani BOTH are hand grenades with the pins out.
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:31 AM
Oct 2019

It's no longer an IF.
It's a WHEN that this MF45 cabal is indeed gonna fall like a house of cards.

Good riddance.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
2. As they say in Pinochle......What's trump?
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 06:32 AM
Oct 2019

Trump'so house of cards is falling. Key players in this dangerous game are going down. Once Rudy is arrested and indicted on Federal charges, Pompeo, Barr, Jr., and Trump are FINISHED...We all know Rudy is going to get squeezed and sing. No way will Trump pardon him. He has not pardoned Manafort or Flynn yet.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
3. Pompeo has no shame
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 07:58 AM
Oct 2019

Last edited Tue Oct 15, 2019, 08:37 AM - Edit history (1)

He doesn't seem like the type to simply quit. He'll be dragged out kicking and screaming all kinds of nonsense.

Lonestarblue

(10,011 posts)
4. He may run for the Senate in Kansas.
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 08:36 AM
Oct 2019

Republicans do not want Kobach running, so Pompeo would get their support. That’s not good for us because he would probably win in backward Kansas.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
9. I saw that Kobach was trailing bigly
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 08:56 AM
Oct 2019

in a poll against potential Democratic nominee Barry Grissom, a former US attorney

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
7. yes, he has no shame, but I also think he wants to save his own skin...
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 08:49 AM
Oct 2019

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pompeo, like many in this admin, hs's a self serving opportunist. if he sees things going south for him, he will start spilling his guts.

lastlib

(23,248 posts)
5. I hope he leaves--in handcuffs and leg irons......
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 08:38 AM
Oct 2019

with no chance for parole.

I doubt they have enough paddy wagons for this whole corrupt gang.

paleotn

(17,931 posts)
6. No, it's not working. They can't stop people from testifying.
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 08:43 AM
Oct 2019

And new whistle blowers are coming out of the woodwork. What's been reported is but a fraction of what the inquire committees have on shitler.

machoneman

(4,007 posts)
8. No, Pompusass won't resign, you can bet on that. See....
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 08:50 AM
Oct 2019

arrogant pricks like him have spent a lifetime kicking and screaming their way to a WH post. Now in charge, he thinks he's invulnerable to just about any charges as Trump would pardon him. Still, he's a fool for not looking back to the Nixon era and see how top advisory staff and even lawyers went to jail. Once a fool...always....well, you get it!

Raftergirl

(1,287 posts)
10. I think
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 09:05 AM
Oct 2019

most will turn on Donny and soon. They know what happened to all the President’s men in Watergate.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
11. This gif is perfect - and I love your analogy
Tue Oct 15, 2019, 09:33 AM
Oct 2019

The shitshow in Ukraine, with Chump, Rudy, Pompeo, Rick Perry, (maybe Pence?) is all going to tumble very soon. On other fronts, we need to see the same thing happen in Dept. of Justice to bring down Bill Barr and the other toadies who are protecting Chump.

It's all going to tumble - and quickly.

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