Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was dialed into President Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Well, so much for him running for Senate in Kansas…when he gets up there and says it was just fine for Trump to pressure a foreign leader to investigate an election rival it’s going to go over very badly, especially if he tries to defend it. And, I’m not sure Pompeo would, for being a Republican he seems like someone that wouldn’t go along with something like this…maybe he will be the first big Republican to turn on Trump, just by trying to save his own skin and tell the truth (a novelty for today’s Republicans).
It really is an avalanche, and it’s too late for the pebbles to keep from getting clobbered.
Judge: “Sec. Pompeo, In your role as Secretary of State, did it not for a minute occur to you to advise the Current Occupant that the substance of this phone conversation was improper on its face, and possibly illegal as well?”
Pompeo: “No, sir.”
Judge: “Lock him up!”
So, can the congressman from Koch be charged with misprision of a felony?
If not, it’d seem to be grounds for removal: party over country is a breach of his oath of office.