Former State Department senior adviser Michael McKinley testified that he repeatedly asked Mike Pompeo for a show of support for the ousted US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch — but was greeted with silence from the secretary of state, sources say
That decision to not offer Yovanovitch support was a key reason McKinley decided to resign his job last week, the sources said.McKinely appeared Wednesday before the three committees leading the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, which are probing Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as the President's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani's efforts in campaign that included pushing for Yovanovitch's ouster.
McKinley testified that while Pompeo helped restore morale at the department after then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gutted the department, he was disappointed that Pompeo did not stand up for a respected professional like Yovanovitch.Read MoreMcKinley did not know the reasons why Pompeo was silent, according to sources with knowledge of his testimony so far. He said Pompeo listened to the concerns but didn't explain his thinking.
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