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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo Pompeo will be in Ukraine on Friday......wtf?
Pompeo to visit Ukraine as Senate weighs impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trumps impeachment.
As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday on a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia. Ukraine will be the first stop on the trip, the State Department said Monday.
Trumps impeachment on charges of abuse of office and obstruction of Congress hinges on his policy toward Ukraine. Witnesses told House investigators that Trump wanted Ukraine to announce an investigation into former Vice President Joe Bidens son in return for releasing critical military aid to Ukraine
One of those witnesses, William Taylor, is the current acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine although he will leave Kyiv shortly before Pompeos arrival. Pompeo appointed Taylor to the post over the summer to take over from Marie Yovanovitch, whose tour was abruptly cut short in May after Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani made unsubstantiated allegations against her.
As the Senate weighs options for a trial, Pompeo will depart Thursday on a five-nation tour of Europe and Central Asia. Ukraine will be the first stop on the trip, the State Department said Monday.
Trumps impeachment on charges of abuse of office and obstruction of Congress hinges on his policy toward Ukraine. Witnesses told House investigators that Trump wanted Ukraine to announce an investigation into former Vice President Joe Bidens son in return for releasing critical military aid to Ukraine
One of those witnesses, William Taylor, is the current acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine although he will leave Kyiv shortly before Pompeos arrival. Pompeo appointed Taylor to the post over the summer to take over from Marie Yovanovitch, whose tour was abruptly cut short in May after Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani made unsubstantiated allegations against her.
https://apnews.com/ed432f41c05598ef509ad78ccc5bd26b
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So Pompeo will be in Ukraine on Friday......wtf? (Original Post)
spanone
Dec 2019
OP
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)1. There to pressure Zelensky
into repudiating accusations against Trump? Facilitating more impeachable acts?
secondwind
(16,903 posts)2. My thoughts exactly. Nothing good can come of this.
spanone
(135,843 posts)4. On behalf of his client....don j. trump, whom he exclusively works for.
vapor2
(1,248 posts)3. He is also visiting Belarus
This visit is also troubling and why would Ukraine think Pompeo is credible??
AND why are these people still in office??
TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)5. Probably meeting with his FSB handler in Belarus