Ousted Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch says she was told to tweet praise of Trump to save her job

[babylonsister]

Ousted Ukraine ambassador Yovanovitch says she was told to tweet praise of Trump to save her job
The three House committees leading the Trump impeachment inquiry released Monday two transcripts of the behind-closed-doors interviews they have so far conducted.

Nov. 4, 2019, 12:42 PM EST
By Adam Edelman and Josh Lederman


Marie Yovanovitch, the ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told House impeachment investigators last month that U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told her she should tweet out support or praise for President Donald Trump if she wanted to save her job, according to a transcript of her testimony made public Monday.

The three House committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump released two transcripts of the behind-closed-doors interviews they have so far conducted as part of their investigation, as the probe moves to a more public phase.

The release of the transcripts triggered an immediate of influx of interest that seemed to overload the House website where the transcripts were posted, with the digital copies briefly unable to be accessed.

Yovanovitch was interviewed by House investigators in October for more than nine hours and has emerged as a key figure in the investigation into Trump’s efforts to persuade Ukraine's new government to commit publicly to investigate corruption and the president's political opponents.

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[triron]

1. I loathe that motherfucker in the WH. What an absolutely despicable human being.

[BigMin28]

2. How pitiful and pathetic

He is. Want to keep your job? Just fellate dear leader on Twitter. Makes all those in this administration even more sad and pathetic.

[Firestorm49]

3. Blackmail sure seems to be a recurring theme of this alleged administration.

[erronis]

15. As has been suggested in another thread, another term is extortion.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212652295

Blackmail is threatening someone because you have some "goods" on them that you can reveal.

Extortion is trying to extract something of value or you will harm them. Knee-capping. Killing family members. Ruining reputations.
Much more trump's mob style.

[William Seger]

34. Trump says his favorite word is "reciprocity"

Quid pro quo, extortion, bribery, blackmail... just different types of transactions.

[kentuck]

4. I remember when his entire Cabinet had to stand up and praise him...

and all of them, with the possible exception of General Mattis, competed to see who could grovel the most to their Dear Leader.

[GusBob]

5. That was my first thought

that explains those cabinet meetings

[smirkymonkey]

17. That was one of the most revolting things I have ever seen.

It made me want to vomit.

[RAB910]

6. A violation of the Hatch Act

[leftstreet]

7. DURec

[Leghorn21]

8. Oh, speaking of Sondland:

I was willing to cut you a bit of slack before you gave your deposition

Now - not so much

I hope you’re freaked the fuck out of your dull little mind these days, because it looks like you misforgot some shit, being a LOSER and all

Okay, you go ahead and tweet out some praise for the sorriest motherfucker on the planet while Amb Yovanovich tries to stay calm and deal with the results of your disgusting fuckery

You fucker

[Jim__]

9. Is there such a thing as a childish psychopath?

We all know that Trump's a psychopath. But he's also the most childish adult I've ever heard of.

[murielm99]

10. We know the North Korean psychopath

is like this, but he is very young. I am sure there are other examples.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

14. Trump admires Kim, so, really no surprise this is how he acts

[luvtheGWN]

22. Trump has been sucking up to Kim

because Kim wants to create a resort where his executive minions can take their families for a nice relaxing holiday.....and Trump wants desperately to build it.*

Everything about Dolt45 is about $$$.

*Although I doubt very much that he'll be able to splash his name all over it.

[NastyRiffraff]

11. No surprise.

We've seen Cabinet secretaries acting like sycophantic courtiers to a king, going around the room praising a moron and criminal. He needs it, he demands it. To him, these people are there to love and serve him. Their competence doesn't matter, neither do their backgrounds. They are there for Trump, and only Trump.

[erronis]

16. The lying on of hands...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212648398

[NastyRiffraff]

20. That picture is sickening

and frightening. Some of them look like they actually believe in what they're doing.

[MyOwnPeace]

23. As evidence and testimony unfolds,

I can only wish that all of those people in that picture would be willing to buy all copies of it just so that there is no evidence of what assholes they had been..............

[AllaN01Bear]

32. i hate and loathe this selfish act.

[world wide wally]

35. Phony bullshit

I guess nothing embarrasses these creeps.

[klook]

12. JFC, what an embarrassment.

This pathetic pustule needs to be excised, bigly.

[JDC]

13. What a sad, sorry sack of shit *45 is. Pathetic

[trusty elf]

18. ...

[lpbk2713]

19. That explains why the other underlings lie so much.

They want to keep their jobs at any cost.

[MyOwnPeace]

24. Of course!

THAT is his "management" style!
It was available as an "optional" graduate class at Trump University (pending approval through the "placement office" in the Administration Office down at Mar -a.........er, Old Main!).

[MyOwnPeace]

21. But wait............

NOT to defend, but just think - is there any evidence that IQ45 gave those "suggestions?"
Right now, without more evidence, he'd be able to claim that HE never said that - some "Never-Trumper" must have said that - or Hillary......

[ehrnst]

30. Sonderland is a cockholster for DT....

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/17/770405439/gordon-sondland-the-ambassador-whose-texts-put-him-at-the-center-of-ukraine-scan

[barbtries]

25. jeezus.

all he cares about is how it plays in the media. the whole thing about the Ukrainians doing the investigation was that they announce it. with Comey he was fired because Comey wouldn't publicly state he was not a subject of the investigation.

it's all just a show to satisfy his bottomless, sick ego.

[woodsprite]

26. That's why he holds the 'ass kissing' round tables of his cabal. nt

[BigmanPigman]

27. Pompeo is in deep

and he is going to go down too. Corrupt and unAmerican!

[Yavin4]

28. Demanding praise from your subordinates in government is authoritarianism.

End of.

[ehrnst]

29. I guess they didn't bother to check to see if she was one of those "nasty women"

you know - with self esteem, secure in her expertise.

[AllaN01Bear]

31. this is not a dictatorship, this is the united states of america , a democratic republic.

[Kid Berwyn]

33. Respect for Donnie depends on fear.

Everybody knows he’s never done anything to earn it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

36. Crybaby Donald needs his ego stroked

There has never been such a pathetic specimen in our White House.