Mike Pompeo not going to jail 'would be an extraordinary accomplishment,' - Richard Painter

[Eugene]

Source: Newsweek

MIKE POMPEO NOT GOING TO JAIL 'WOULD BE AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT,' FORMER WHITE HOUSE ETHICS LAWYER SAYS

BY JAMES WALKER ON 11/21/19 AT 6:22 AM EST

Former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter has said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is "toast" after the testimony of U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland on Wednesday.

The professor, who worked in the George W. Bush administration between 2005 and 2007, also claimed it would be an "extraordinary accomplishment" if Pompeo stayed out of jail, suggesting the Trump official had done something criminal but not giving evidence for such a claim.

Painter posted his comments to social media shortly after Sondland testified in front of lawmakers and the media at a public impeachment inquiry hearing yesterday morning.

During the hearing, the senior diplomat said Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence were "in the loop" when it came to alleged efforts by President Donald Trump to pressure Ukraine into investigating his potential political rival Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.

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"Pompeo is toast," the former White House ethics lawyer Painter tweeted last night. "At this point for him staying out of jail would be an extraordinary accomplishment."

Link to tweet

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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/mike-pompeo-toast-not-going-jail-extraordinary-accomplishment-ethics-lawyer-1473179

[Garrett78]

1. Whereas I'd be shocked if Pompeo ever spent a single day in jail.

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. I've lost faith any of these shitweasels will ever serve a minute of jail time.