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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Trump’s Enablers, Part 2: How Mike Pompeo’s Loyalty to the President Has Affected Diplomacy in Ukraine

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

President, Barack, News, Politics, Wnyc, Obama, Lizza, Washington, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on the line for President Trump’s July 25th phone call with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, during which Trump urged Zelensky to assist in an investigation into Trump’s political rival, Joe Biden. Pompeo, a fierce Trump loyalist and the last surviving member of his original national-security team, is now implicated in a scandal that threatens Trump’s PresidencySusan B. Glasser joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the rapidly unfolding Ukraine story and Pompeo’s place within it.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about

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politics. It's Thursday, October 3rd. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker.

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On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was listening

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in on President Trump's July 25th phone call with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

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During the call, Trump urged Zelensky to work with his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani,

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and Attorney General Bill Barr, to investigate the

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supposedly improper political behavior of Joe Biden, one of Trump's foremost democratic rivals

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in the 2020 election. Pompeo has been evasive when asked about the call, and this week he

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accused the House of intimidation when committee

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members requested five State Department officials involved in U.S.-Ukraine relations to testify

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