A senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has resigned his position as the State Department faces lowering morale amid the Ukraine scandal, according to a new report.
Michael McKinley, a career diplomat who has held posts including ambassador to Afghanistan, Colombia and Peru, has stepped down, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
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The newspaper reported that McKinley and others were disappointed in Pompeo’s lack of public support for diplomats who have been asked to testify before the House as part of an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
The paper noted that there has been particular concern for former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who was dismissed earlier this year and is slated to testify on Friday.
A whistleblower complaint that is central to the impeachment inquiry alleged that her dismissal was due to allegations made by a former top Ukrainian prosecutor that the State Department later called “an outright fabrication.”
The Associated Press reported Thursday that Yovanovitch was dismissed after she insisted that Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s requests for investigations go through official channels.
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