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Judicial Watch Investigates Ousted Ukraine Ambassador Order to Monitor Journalists, Trump Allies
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<blockquote data-quote="wing2000" data-source="post: 74382982" data-attributes="member: 314005"><p>You mean Mr Giuliani did not want her.....</p><p></p><p>From her testimony last Friday - prepared remarks:</p><p><a href="https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/fd70dea5-724b-4c5a-9de8-da11d7d6e9f8/note/33f88507-cb6c-48d2-b673-139f86a5d98a.pdf#page=1" target="_blank">https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/fd70dea5-724b-4c5a-9de8-da11d7d6e9f8/note/33f88507-cb6c-48d2-b673-139f86a5d98a.pdf#page=1</a></p><p></p><p>"With respect to Mayor Giuliani, I have had only minimal contacts with him—a total of three that I recall. None related to the events at issue. I do not know Mr. Giuliani’s motives for attacking me. But individuals who have been named in the press as contacts of Mr. Giuliani may well have believed that their personal financial ambitions were stymied by our anti-corruption policy in Ukraine.</p><p></p><p>• Finally, after being asked by the Department in early March to extend my tour until 2020, I was then abruptly told in late April to come back to Washington from Ukraine “on the next plane.” You will understandably want to ask why my posting ended so suddenly. I wanted to learn that too, and I tried to find out. I met with the <strong>Deputy Secretary of State</strong>, who informed me of the curtailment of my term. He said that the President [Trump] had lost confidence in me and no longer wished me to serve as his ambassador. <strong>He added that there had been a concerted campaign against me, and that the Department had been under pressure from the President to remove me since the Summer of 2018. </strong></p><p></p><p>He also said that I had done nothing wrong and that this was not like other situations where he had recalled ambassadors for cause. I departed Ukraine for good this past May.</p><p></p><p>• Although I understand that I served at the pleasure of the President, I was nevertheless incredulous that the U.S. government chose to remove an Ambassador based, as best as I can tell, <strong>on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives.</strong></p><p><strong>****</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>But I'm sure JW will present an objective view (sarcasm).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wing2000, post: 74382982, member: 314005"] You mean Mr Giuliani did not want her..... From her testimony last Friday - prepared remarks: [URL]https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/fd70dea5-724b-4c5a-9de8-da11d7d6e9f8/note/33f88507-cb6c-48d2-b673-139f86a5d98a.pdf#page=1[/URL] "With respect to Mayor Giuliani, I have had only minimal contacts with him—a total of three that I recall. None related to the events at issue. I do not know Mr. Giuliani’s motives for attacking me. But individuals who have been named in the press as contacts of Mr. Giuliani may well have believed that their personal financial ambitions were stymied by our anti-corruption policy in Ukraine. • Finally, after being asked by the Department in early March to extend my tour until 2020, I was then abruptly told in late April to come back to Washington from Ukraine “on the next plane.” You will understandably want to ask why my posting ended so suddenly. I wanted to learn that too, and I tried to find out. I met with the [B]Deputy Secretary of State[/B], who informed me of the curtailment of my term. He said that the President [Trump] had lost confidence in me and no longer wished me to serve as his ambassador. [B]He added that there had been a concerted campaign against me, and that the Department had been under pressure from the President to remove me since the Summer of 2018. [/B] He also said that I had done nothing wrong and that this was not like other situations where he had recalled ambassadors for cause. I departed Ukraine for good this past May. • Although I understand that I served at the pleasure of the President, I was nevertheless incredulous that the U.S. government chose to remove an Ambassador based, as best as I can tell, [B]on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. **** [/B] But I'm sure JW will present an objective view (sarcasm). [/QUOTE]
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