Ex-Pompeo adviser contradicts former boss in impeachment inquiry testimony

[orangecrush]

Washington (CNN) — Former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Michael McKinley, directly contradicted public comments made by the top US diplomat when he testified under oath last month as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
McKinley, who resigned amid the Ukraine controversy, raised concerns about former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch's removal, which was pushed by Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and has become a central part of the inquiry, according to a transcript of that testimony released Monday.
While Pompeo told ABC News last month that McKinley never raised the idea of issuing a statement of support for Yovonovitch, McKinley directly contradicted that statement while under oath, telling lawmakers he mentioned it on three separate occasions.


https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/11/04/politics/pompeo-mckinley-contradiction/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F

[abqtommy]

1. Hey Pompeous, can you say perjury? I knew you could. Nancy, Adam, you know where to find him.

[Leghorn21]

2. Hey Mr McKinley, we sure appreciate you

Thank you for your service, sir



RESPECT

[Brother Buzz]

3. Thirty-six years of service

And if I was to hazard a guess, I'd speculate he's a second generation Foreign Service employee judging from ALL the places he lived in during his youth. McKinley was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and grew up in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and the United States.

[Leghorn21]

4. Sure hope he comes back for an open hearing, Buzz

Like to see LOSER45's minions try to take him down

bring it, you little dipshits

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. ugh, cnn has a photo of the Pompous Pontificator, but ...

There's this gem:

McKinley testified that he chose to resign because of what he saw as the use of ambassadors "to advance domestic political objectives" and a failure of the State Department to offer support for those officials caught up in the impeachment inquiry.

Looks like the pattern in testimony so far is that the professionals recognize corruption while the corruptors think it's just normal business.