‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But Very Upset

[dudmuck]

Sure, I have no problem with Ukraine investigating it. I also have no problem with Trump being impeached for violating U.S. law which prohibits a candidate for office soliciting help for their campaign from a foreign national.

Is there any evidence of that whatsoever?

Of course there is. There's Trump's phone call with the president of Ukraine where Trump asked him to look into Biden and Biden's son in regard to Biden getting a Ukrainian prosecutor fired.

That would be Viktor Shokin, the prosecutor general who was investigating Burisma Holdings. He wanted to interview the owner and all of the past and present board members, including Hunter Biden. Joe Biden bragged that he threatened to withhold US aid to Ukraine unless Shokin was fired. That's highly suspicious and most likely illegal.

AG Barr is investigating the matter. President Zelensky assured Trump that Ukraine would cooperate and share information regarding that case with AG Barr and the US would reciprocate by sharing our information regarding that case with Ukraine in accordance with our Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.

You just conceded that Biden is not immune from investigation. Now you are saying that it is somehow illegal for the Trump administration to investigate him. You can't have it both ways. You seem to be suffering from cognitive dissonance, a common symptom of TDS.

I'm saying it's illegal for trump, who is running in the same election as Biden, to solicit a foreign national to help him defeat Biden.

Here is a transcript of the call.

Read the transcript of Trump's conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky - CNNPolitics

I challenge you to quote the part where Trump solicits Zelensky's help to defeat Biden in the election.

Of course you will refuse to quote that part because it simply does not exist in reality. It's just a delusion in your TDS-addled mind.

Its not a transcript.
Its a memo created by the Trump administration.

minutes missing from transcript.

 

[busybee01]

REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But was Very Upset with Call – Huh? (VIDEO)


REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment 'Witness' Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call - But was Very Upset with Call - Huh? (VIDEO)



Former White House adviser Fiona Hill testified before Democrat investigators Monday as part of their closed door impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The liberal media pushed the line all day that she was a very important Russia adviser — they really propped her up.
This can only mean that they know she is an anti-Trump hack.

Intel expert Tony Shaffer has no idea who she is which says a lot about the Democratic party witness.


LOL – I know most of @realDonaldTrump "top advisors" and I've never even heard of Ms Hill… apparently she is a top advisor in @cnn's alternate universe… USE-FULL-LINK-2NLM74iLFV

— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) October 14, 2019

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

Just more bullshit from the left that they keep stepping in!

They all have very impressive titles.

But in reality.....that phone call was horrifying to a snowflake.

I mean...imagine a President......of the United States.......talking to another world leader.....about corruption in government.

Imagine a President of the United States wanting another country to investigate a political opponent. That is corruption in government.

Actually no, it's not when there are reciprocal agreements between the two countries.

Being a political candidate does not shield one from investigation.

Imagine a President of the United States executing an existing treaty that establishes mutual cooperation and assistance in investigating corruption, crime, and terrorism, one that requires the President to personally ask for assistance from the other nations' leaders.....

That is EXACTLY what the current President of the United States just did.

Perhaps the Democrats are just pi$$ed at how they had to hire and pay foreign spies to deliver known Russian-authored Counter-Intel propaganda to illegally initiate their coup attempt, which is a crime, and President Trump was able to simply, legally execute an existing treaty to ask for assistance in investigating Biden's video-taped extortion confession.

The treaty does not allow a President to demand a criminal investigation of his political rival for no reason whatsoever. There was no criminal investigation of the Bidens in either Ukraine or the US and a former Ukrainian prosecutor confirmed Hunter Biden has broken no Ukrainian laws. These treaties are executed through the Justice Department of each country and in conjunction with a ongoing investigation. Neither of these happened.

The dossier was not authored by the Russians. The Russians hacked the DNC servers and Podesta's e-mails to help Trump. There was no extortion. Trump has threatened to withhold funds numerous times. If what Biden did was extortion then Trump is a serial extortionist.

 

[busybee01]

Kimberley Strassel: How Trump-haters are breaking America (Hint: It begins with THIS)

Federal statute makes it a crime to reveal grand jury material, even to Congress. The Justice Department offered to work with Democrats to get them as much material as possible within the confines of the law. Nadler instead abruptly shut down negotiations and moved to one of the quickest contempt votes in the history of the committee. Democrats wanted the contempt vote, to send a political message to its base that it was hammering the Trump administration. This was about the show, and it was yet another unfortunate abuse of power — done in the name of undermining Trump.

For all the Resistance’s initial anger over Trump, it came out of the election lacking any real authority to do much about the new president. Trump had brought along both a Republican Senate and House. The GOP controlled both the executive and the legislative branches.

The Constitution gives Congress the power of oversight. A law cannot override the Constitution. If it does then Congress can pass a law banning guns regardless of the 2nd Amendment.

 

[busybee01]

Comey did not admit to leaking classified information.

Sorry, but your credibility could not survive your very 1st sentence, which happens to be a LIE. I found no reason to read any further since you CHOSE to begin your lengthy diatribe with a proven, exposed, debunked LIE!


'A Columbia University law professor and close friend of former FBI director James Comey has confirmed he leaked contents of one of Comey's memos to The New York Times. Comey testified before the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday that he hoped the story about his interactions with President Donald Trump would prompt the appointment of a special counsel.'

UNDER OATH Comey admitted, "I asked a friend to share the content of the memo with a reporter..."

Comey admits leaking memo to Columbia law professor


"Former Director Comey failed to live up to this responsibility," the report said. "By not safeguarding sensitive information obtained during the course of his FBI employment, and by using it to create public pressure for official action, Comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current FBI employees — and the many thousands more former FBI employees — who similarly have access to or knowledge of non-public information."
- US IG Horowitz

IG: Comey violated policies, 'set a dangerous example' but DOJ declined to prosecute

You have no credibility. You are the one who throws around words like treason when you have no clue what you are talking about. You don't want to read it because you know it is true.

"We found no evidence that Comey or his attorneys released any of the classified information contained in any of the Memos to members of the media," the report said.

However, the report was strongly critical of Comey's behavior.

"Comey's retention, handling, and dissemination of certain Memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement," the report said."

The IG did not accuse Comey of releasing classified information so naturally the DOJ declined to prosecute.

Inspector general finds James Comey did not release classified information to the public

 

[busybee01]

REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But was Very Upset with Call – Huh? (VIDEO)


REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment 'Witness' Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call - But was Very Upset with Call - Huh? (VIDEO)



Former White House adviser Fiona Hill testified before Democrat investigators Monday as part of their closed door impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The liberal media pushed the line all day that she was a very important Russia adviser — they really propped her up.
This can only mean that they know she is an anti-Trump hack.

Intel expert Tony Shaffer has no idea who she is which says a lot about the Democratic party witness.


LOL – I know most of @realDonaldTrump "top advisors" and I've never even heard of Ms Hill… apparently she is a top advisor in @cnn's alternate universe… USE-FULL-LINK-2NLM74iLFV

— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) October 14, 2019

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

Just more bullshit from the left that they keep stepping in!

They all have very impressive titles.

But in reality.....that phone call was horrifying to a snowflake.

I mean...imagine a President......of the United States.......talking to another world leader.....about corruption in government.

Imagine a President of the United States wanting another country to investigate a political opponent. That is corruption in government.

Bullshit. There is no law that says running for office grants you immunity.

Otherwise every criminal would simply run for office to avoid prosecution, jackass.

There is no law that allows a investigation to be opened unless strict guidelines are met. Barr has not opened any investigation because he knows there is no basis for one.

 

[busybee01]

“She Is Definitely the Hero”: Defiance at State After Yovanovitch Blasts Trump

For demoralized staffers, the former ambassador’s testimony felt like a turning point. It also raises existential questions for a diplomatic corps that serves at the president’s pleasure—including whether Mike Pompeo can salvage his credibility on the world stage after being exposed as another Trump stooge.

<snip>

Already, Yovanovitch appears to have inspired others to step forward. Fiona Hill, the former White House adviser on Russia, appeared behind closed doors on Monday for nearly 10 hours, just days after the former ambassador to Ukraine. “That is the thing that feels like an inflection point, that somebody has got the guts to say what they know,” this person added. “And I don’t think that it is lost on a lot of people that it is women who have the guts.” Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is also expected to appear before Congress on Thursday, despite earlier White House efforts to keep the Trump appointee quiet. And Michael McKinley, a widely respected veteran diplomat who served as a top aide to Pompeo before resigning last week, is going to appear for a transcribed interview before Congress, suggesting he was not subpoenaed.

“There is a willingness, even by career people, now to be much more assertive,” agreed Brett Bruen, a former foreign service officer. “The key error that Pompeo and Trump make is that they demand this loyalty to themselves, to their ideology, and not to the constitution… This is not about swagger, it is not about saving our foreign policy interests. It is about saving your asses.”

State works at the pleasure of the President, to support the admin's goals, not their own private opinions.

It should have been swept clear of Obama's leavings the week following Trump's inauguration. Even now would be a good idea.

they have every right to testify on what they observed in their positions. They work for the American people not Trump.

 

[busybee01]

REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But was Very Upset with Call – Huh? (VIDEO)


REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment 'Witness' Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call - But was Very Upset with Call - Huh? (VIDEO)



Former White House adviser Fiona Hill testified before Democrat investigators Monday as part of their closed door impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The liberal media pushed the line all day that she was a very important Russia adviser — they really propped her up.
This can only mean that they know she is an anti-Trump hack.

Intel expert Tony Shaffer has no idea who she is which says a lot about the Democratic party witness.


LOL – I know most of @realDonaldTrump "top advisors" and I've never even heard of Ms Hill… apparently she is a top advisor in @cnn's alternate universe… USE-FULL-LINK-2NLM74iLFV

— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) October 14, 2019

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

Just more bullshit from the left that they keep stepping in!

They all have very impressive titles.

But in reality.....that phone call was horrifying to a snowflake.

I mean...imagine a President......of the United States.......talking to another world leader.....about corruption in government.

Imagine a President of the United States wanting another country to investigate a political opponent. That is corruption in government.

Bullshit. There is no law that says running for office grants you immunity.

Otherwise every criminal would simply run for office to avoid prosecution, jackass.

LOL

And actually, no one is saying Biden should be immune because he's running for president.

So then you are fine with the Ukraine and the USA continuing their respective investigations, regardless if Biden is running for president, and sharing information in accordance with our Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Ukraine?

If not, what does give the Bidens immunity from being investigated?

There is no investigation in either Ukraine or the US. Barr knows there is no basis for a investigation and that is why he has not opened one. A former Ukraine prosecutor has confirmed Hunter Biden broke no Ukrainian laws.

 

[busybee01]

LOL

And actually, no one is saying Biden should be immune because he's running for president.

So then you are fine with the Ukraine and the USA continuing their respective investigations, regardless if Biden is running for president, and sharing information in accordance with our Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with Ukraine?

If not, what does give Biden immunity from being investigated?

Sure, I have no problem with Ukraine investigating it. I also have no problem with Trump being impeached for violating U.S. law which prohibits a candidate for office soliciting help for their campaign from a foreign national.

Is there any evidence of that whatsoever?

Of course there is. There's Trump's phone call with the president of Ukraine where Trump asked him to look into Biden and Biden's son in regard to Biden getting a Ukrainian prosecutor fired.

That would be Viktor Shokin, the prosecutor general who was investigating Burisma Holdings. He wanted to interview the owner and all of the past and present board members, including Hunter Biden. Joe Biden bragged that he threatened to withhold US aid to Ukraine unless Shokin was fired. That's highly suspicious and most likely illegal.

AG Barr is investigating the matter. President Zelensky assured Trump that Ukraine would cooperate and share information regarding that case with AG Barr and the US would reciprocate by sharing our information regarding that case with Ukraine in accordance with our Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.

You just conceded that Biden is not immune from investigation. Now you are saying that it is somehow illegal for the Trump administration to investigate him. You can't have it both ways. You seem to be suffering from cognitive dissonance, a common symptom of TDS.

Bullshit. shokin dropped the case before Hunter Biden joined the board.

Replying to @OliverBullough
Thank you @OliverBullough - indeed it’s insane to use UKRAINE as a ball at the AMERICAN national political field. Prosecutor Shokin did not open the case on Zlochevskyi & Burisma. He dumped it. And he was fired for being corrupt and failing prosecution reform @kenvogel

12:52 PM - 2 May 2019

She is a Ukrainian who has been fighting corruption for years. She knows a hell of a lot more about it than you. There are strict DOJ guidelines for opening a investigation. Barr cannot wake up one morning and open a investigation for no reason whatsoever.

 

[Zorro!]

Stunning! Schiff’s Monday ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill was NOT at WH at Time of July Call – And Worked for George Soros for Six Years!

 

[Muhammed]

REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But was Very Upset with Call – Huh? (VIDEO)


REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment 'Witness' Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call - But was Very Upset with Call - Huh? (VIDEO)



Former White House adviser Fiona Hill testified before Democrat investigators Monday as part of their closed door impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The liberal media pushed the line all day that she was a very important Russia adviser — they really propped her up.
This can only mean that they know she is an anti-Trump hack.

Intel expert Tony Shaffer has no idea who she is which says a lot about the Democratic party witness.


LOL – I know most of @realDonaldTrump "top advisors" and I've never even heard of Ms Hill… apparently she is a top advisor in @cnn's alternate universe… USE-FULL-LINK-2NLM74iLFV

— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) October 14, 2019

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

Just more bullshit from the left that they keep stepping in!

They all have very impressive titles.

But in reality.....that phone call was horrifying to a snowflake.

I mean...imagine a President......of the United States.......talking to another world leader.....about corruption in government.

Imagine a President of the United States wanting another country to investigate a political opponent. That is corruption in government.

Bullshit. There is no law that says running for office grants you immunity.

Otherwise every criminal would simply run for office to avoid prosecution, jackass.

There is no law that allows a investigation to be opened unless strict guidelines are met. Barr has not opened any investigation because he knows there is no basis for one.

:

When did Barr say that he has not opened or continued any investigations regarding the matter? Got a reliable source to back up your ridiculous claim? Of course you don't, because you are full of shit.

 

[The Purge]

 

[Muhammed]

REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But was Very Upset with Call – Huh? (VIDEO)

Fiona Hill was aware of other efforts by Trump and Giuliani to force Ukraine to get dirt on a political rival, idiot. The phone call was not the only thing going on.

There was an ongoing campaign.

Try to catch up.

We have a mutual legal assistance treaty with Ukraine. There simply is no need for the US to "force" them to share info on the Bidens.

What did take coercion was Biden getting Ukraine to fire Prosecutor General Shokin after the failed assassination attempt.

And BTW, that assassination attempt against the Prosecutor General that Biden wanted to get rid of is still an open case actively under investigation. And there's no doubt that since Biden obviously had a motive, he's on list of suspects.

Not only did Biden get the Ukraine Prosecutor fired, he and The Obama Administration probably put an Assassination Contract out on The Prosecutor just like they did to Qaddafi.

I'll bet you believe in the Easter Bunny as well.

OK Sherlock Holmes, who do you think was behind the failed assassination attempt on Shokin just before Biden got him removed by other means?

Also, if we know that Biden wanted Shokin removed from office, and then someone tried to remove Shokin via a failed sniper attack, should that automatically rule out Biden of any suspicion? Why or why not?

Do you believe that when there is an attempted murder of a prosecutor, the people who wanted that prosecutor to be removed should not be considered suspects? Why or why not?

THINK!

 

[Sun Devil 92]

REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But was Very Upset with Call – Huh? (VIDEO)

Fiona Hill was aware of other efforts by Trump and Giuliani to force Ukraine to get dirt on a political rival, idiot. The phone call was not the only thing going on.

There was an ongoing campaign.

Try to catch up.

Fuck you.

This is about a phone call.

If it was something else, get your butt-buddy Adam Schitt to say as much.

And get your mother, Pelosi, to take a vote on it.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Several people around Trump were concerned about Giuliani and Trump's illegal activities way before the phone call. And when they began expressing their concerns, Giulian began sabotaging them. Including the ambassador to Ukraine. He and the corrupt prosecutor in Ukraine manufactured a fake "list of people not to prosecute" that they attributed to the ambassador to make the ambassador look crooked.

Giuliani is one sick fucker, people. You better catch up or you are at peril of looking like retards.

We'll look like you.

OMGosh.

 

[Bush92]

REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But was Very Upset with Call – Huh? (VIDEO)


REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment 'Witness' Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call - But was Very Upset with Call - Huh? (VIDEO)



Former White House adviser Fiona Hill testified before Democrat investigators Monday as part of their closed door impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The liberal media pushed the line all day that she was a very important Russia adviser — they really propped her up.
This can only mean that they know she is an anti-Trump hack.

Intel expert Tony Shaffer has no idea who she is which says a lot about the Democratic party witness.


LOL – I know most of @realDonaldTrump "top advisors" and I've never even heard of Ms Hill… apparently she is a top advisor in @cnn's alternate universe… USE-FULL-LINK-2NLM74iLFV

— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) October 14, 2019

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

Just more bullshit from the left that they keep stepping in!

The whole thing is phony. Democrats don’t have shit that would stand-up in a court of law.

 

[Zorro!]

Who is Fiona Hill and why did Joe Biden give her such a glowing book blurb in 2012?

Right there in the pages of Rolling Stone, Joe Biden was singing Fiona Hall's praises on her Russia book. His remarks were featured on a later edition's back cover.

 

[easyt65]

Comey did not admit to leaking classified information.

Sorry, but your credibility could not survive your very 1st sentence, which happens to be a LIE. I found no reason to read any further since you CHOSE to begin your lengthy diatribe with a proven, exposed, debunked LIE!


'A Columbia University law professor and close friend of former FBI director James Comey has confirmed he leaked contents of one of Comey's memos to The New York Times. Comey testified before the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday that he hoped the story about his interactions with President Donald Trump would prompt the appointment of a special counsel.'

UNDER OATH Comey admitted, "I asked a friend to share the content of the memo with a reporter..."

Comey admits leaking memo to Columbia law professor


"Former Director Comey failed to live up to this responsibility," the report said. "By not safeguarding sensitive information obtained during the course of his FBI employment, and by using it to create public pressure for official action, Comey set a dangerous example for the over 35,000 current FBI employees — and the many thousands more former FBI employees — who similarly have access to or knowledge of non-public information."
- US IG Horowitz

IG: Comey violated policies, 'set a dangerous example' but DOJ declined to prosecute

You have no credibility. You are the one who throws around words like treason when you have no clue what you are talking about. You don't want to read it because you know it is true.

"We found no evidence that Comey or his attorneys released any of the classified information contained in any of the Memos to members of the media," the report said.

However, the report was strongly critical of Comey's behavior.

"Comey's retention, handling, and dissemination of certain Memos violated Department and FBI policies, and his FBI Employment Agreement," the report said."

The IG did not accuse Comey of releasing classified information so naturally the DOJ declined to prosecute.

Inspector general finds James Comey did not release classified information to the public

Sorry if you are offended by my exposing the lie you told in the very 1st sentence in your last post. As the saying goes, 'Don-t go away mad, lil' snowflake, just go away.

 

[Lesh]

Hill's testimony wasn't about the phone call...it was about the months of activities leading UP to that damning phone call

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment ‘Witness’ Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call – But was Very Upset with Call – Huh? (VIDEO)


REVEALED: Latest Dem Impeachment 'Witness' Fiona Hill WAS NOT EVEN WORKING IN WHITE HOUSE at Time of Trump Call - But was Very Upset with Call - Huh? (VIDEO)



Former White House adviser Fiona Hill testified before Democrat investigators Monday as part of their closed door impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

The liberal media pushed the line all day that she was a very important Russia adviser — they really propped her up.
This can only mean that they know she is an anti-Trump hack.

Intel expert Tony Shaffer has no idea who she is which says a lot about the Democratic party witness.


LOL – I know most of @realDonaldTrump "top advisors" and I've never even heard of Ms Hill… apparently she is a top advisor in @cnn's alternate universe… USE-FULL-LINK-2NLM74iLFV

— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) October 14, 2019

(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...

Just more bullshit from the left that they keep stepping in!

They all have very impressive titles.

But in reality.....that phone call was horrifying to a snowflake.

I mean...imagine a President......of the United States.......talking to another world leader.....about corruption in government.

Imagine a President of the United States wanting another country to investigate a political opponent. That is corruption in government.

Actually no, it's not when there are reciprocal agreements between the two countries.

Being a political candidate does not shield one from investigation.

Imagine a President of the United States executing an existing treaty that establishes mutual cooperation and assistance in investigating corruption, crime, and terrorism, one that requires the President to personally ask for assistance from the other nations' leaders.....

That is EXACTLY what the current President of the United States just did.

Perhaps the Democrats are just pi$$ed at how they had to hire and pay foreign spies to deliver known Russian-authored Counter-Intel propaganda to illegally initiate their coup attempt, which is a crime, and President Trump was able to simply, legally execute an existing treaty to ask for assistance in investigating Biden's video-taped extortion confession.

The treaty does not allow a President to demand a criminal investigation of his political rival for no reason whatsoever. There was no criminal investigation of the Bidens in either Ukraine or the US and a former Ukrainian prosecutor confirmed Hunter Biden has broken no Ukrainian laws. These treaties are executed through the Justice Department of each country and in conjunction with a ongoing investigation. Neither of these happened.

The dossier was not authored by the Russians. The Russians hacked the DNC servers and Podesta's e-mails to help Trump. There was no extortion. Trump has threatened to withhold funds numerous times. If what Biden did was extortion then Trump is a serial extortionist.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

“She Is Definitely the Hero”: Defiance at State After Yovanovitch Blasts Trump

For demoralized staffers, the former ambassador’s testimony felt like a turning point. It also raises existential questions for a diplomatic corps that serves at the president’s pleasure—including whether Mike Pompeo can salvage his credibility on the world stage after being exposed as another Trump stooge.

<snip>

Already, Yovanovitch appears to have inspired others to step forward. Fiona Hill, the former White House adviser on Russia, appeared behind closed doors on Monday for nearly 10 hours, just days after the former ambassador to Ukraine. “That is the thing that feels like an inflection point, that somebody has got the guts to say what they know,” this person added. “And I don’t think that it is lost on a lot of people that it is women who have the guts.” Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is also expected to appear before Congress on Thursday, despite earlier White House efforts to keep the Trump appointee quiet. And Michael McKinley, a widely respected veteran diplomat who served as a top aide to Pompeo before resigning last week, is going to appear for a transcribed interview before Congress, suggesting he was not subpoenaed.

“There is a willingness, even by career people, now to be much more assertive,” agreed Brett Bruen, a former foreign service officer. “The key error that Pompeo and Trump make is that they demand this loyalty to themselves, to their ideology, and not to the constitution… This is not about swagger, it is not about saving our foreign policy interests. It is about saving your asses.”

State works at the pleasure of the President, to support the admin's goals, not their own private opinions.

It should have been swept clear of Obama's leavings the week following Trump's inauguration. Even now would be a good idea.

they have every right to testify on what they observed in their positions. They work for the American people not Trump.

But no right to lie.