It looks like somebody just threw the State Department big time under the bus, two video clips on two separate days, and two separate Fox shows. In one on them, the president’s lawyer is waving his phone on teevee. “It’s all here … right here.” Should be interesting to find out who in the State Department actually sent him off on this um … mission, if it’s all there.  And if that’s true, then the Department of Swagger has a bigger problem. Folks might start writing stuff like ‘How the State Department Lost Its Swagger” or ‘Who’s That Under the Bus?’

As we’ve noted previously in May after the removal of the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, the Secretary of State did not seem to see it fit to come forward to defend the United States top representative, a career diplomat, in a priority country in Europe. This is looking like a trend.  Remember when his career staffers got mistreated by political appointees, and he was MIA, leaving the apologies to be made by his deputy?  Tsk! Tsk!

In addition to Ukraine, the president’s lawyer now has other allegations related to China, Latvia, and Cyprus. Watch out! He’s going to teach us geography and capital cities! Who knows how fast we’ll get to 275 posts!

Related posts:

• @StateDept Releases Statement on Rudy’s Ukraine Project (August 2019)
• @StateDept Recalls Amb. Marie Yovanovitch From Ukraine After Persistent Campaign For Removal (May 2019)
• 27 Hours Later, Pompeo Says “The United States Condemns This Aggressive Russian Action” #Ukraine (Nov 2018)
• Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate in Azov Sea, U.S. Issues Forceful Response: ZZZzzz(Nov 2018)
• Tillerson Appoints Ex-USNATO Ambassador Kurt Volker as Special Representative For Ukraine Negotiations (July 2017)
• U.S. Embassy Ukraine Confirms Security Incident at Mission Compound on June 8 June 2017
• US Embassy Kyiv: Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Presents Her Credentials in Ukraine August 2016

Giuliani pursued shadow Ukraine agenda as key foreign policy officials were sidelined – The Washington Post https://t.co/vzaWPzY3uu

— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) September 25, 2019

Giuliani’s contacts w/ officials at the State as part of efforts to dig up Biden dirt are more extensive than perviously reported. He briefed the US Ambassador to the EU, raising questions about what Foggy Bottom knewhttps://t.co/dBw8OKteey

BIG SCOOP from @ErinBanco + @swin24

— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 25, 2019

Giuliani told us a State Dept. official (he said it was Kurt Volker) passed along a message that a top aide to Ukraine's president wanted to talk to him. So he spoke w/aide, met in Madrid. Ukraine wanted a POTUS meeting & aid. Rudy wanted an investigation. https://t.co/uNch49QzBj

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 24, 2019

.@SpecRepUkraine Volker and @USAmbEU Gordon Sondland met with President @ZelenskyyUa to discuss U.S.-Ukraine cooperation and to express unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine’s democracy, security, and prosperity. pic.twitter.com/YvCy0Net7e

— U.S. Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) July 26, 2019

Wow. Here's Rudy Giuliani throwing the State Department under the bus and saying State officials called him and asked him to get involved in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/HIhQDmhzjh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 25, 2019

Rudy Giuliani just said the State Department asked him to "go on a mission" AND WHY IN THE HELL IS STATE DEPT ASKING THE PRESIDENTS PERSONAL LAWYER TO GO TO UKRAINE WTF IS HAPPENING pic.twitter.com/i4OK9myriJ

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) September 24, 2019