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1/Some of Mike Pompeo's top aides are either under investigation for or have been found to have abusively dealt with career staffers, including instances of obvious political retaliation. Here's just one story: politico.com/story/2019/08/…
2/And yet Pompeo hasn't fired them, claiming he lacks the legal authority. (But State won't say if he's ever asked Trump to fire them instead.) foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/03/sta…
3/Pompeo himself pulled Marie Yovanovitch out of Ukraine two months before her assignment was over after Trump/Giuliani and the conservative media attacked her. Some argue he might have been trying to protect her. But he's never said a word in her defense.
4/For months and months Pompeo refused to hand over information to lawmakers over his department's treatment of career employees. Even after extraordinary emails became public: politico.com/story/2018/03/…
5/Pompeo's righteous tone here will no doubt astonish some lawmakers who remember that he was, umm, a rather different type of person when he was in Congress, when he RAGED over the Benghazi case. politico.com/story/2019/03/…
6/Now Pompeo is trying to hide behind career staffers? Hmm.
7/Another inspector general's report is due out soon on how political appointees, including a top Pompeo aide, Brian Hook, treated career staffers. Many at State fear it will be a whitewash. But now Pompeo is laying out his strong support for career staff, so ...😏
