Energy Secretary Rick Perry, 1 of the '3 amigos' on Ukraine, resigns

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News



Energy Secretary Rick Perry, described by colleagues as one of the "three amigos" on U.S. policy on Ukraine, informed President Donald Trump on Thursday that he plans to resign, according to two senior administration officials with direct knowledge of the matter.

A day of departure has not been determined. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not provide an immediate explanation on why he was leaving.

Perry, who was Texas' longest serving governor and ran against Trump for president in 2016 before joining his administration, has not been accused of any wrongdoing. He also has insisted that actions he took regarding Ukraine were intended to advance U.S. interests in the region – namely addressing government corruption and encouraging American companies to do business there.

In recent weeks, Perry has repeatedly knocked down suggestions that he planned to resign, including telling the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Wednesday that he planned to still be in the job on Thanksgiving.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/energy-secretary-rick-perry-amigos-ukraine-resigns/story?id=66344000

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On again off again on again... Finger in the wind.

[targetpractice]

1. I suppose he wants to testify to The House...

... and throw some folks under the bus.

[mpcamb]

33. Hope so. It may lessen his culpability. Like those postwar Germans, "Following orders."

Spead the blame on those a bit smarter than Texas's longest serving Gov.

[LeftInTX]

2. Yep..on again off again...no date set

[MontanaMama]

3. So many rats.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Goodhair is continually reassessing the probability of prison rape...

[C Moon]

25. Republicans don't go to jail, silly.

That was sarcasm, but it actually pisses the hell out of me because it's true.

[volstork]

5. Bye Felicia

[BumRushDaShow]

7. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[volstork]

8. That may be my favorite meme

of all time!

I can't wait to say it to this whole lousy bunch...

[BumRushDaShow]

9. That is the first time I have seen that one. I usually post this -

[volstork]

11. It's a classic!

[japple]

29. This deserves a duzy!!!!

Many thanks for this.

[volstork]

31. Can't take credit for the meme,

but I do love it!

[empedocles]

6. 3 Amigos? What low level mentality comes up with such crap?

[blugbox]

10. Wherever there is Injustice...

You will find us. Wherever there is suffering, we'll be there. Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find...

THE THREE AMIGOS!

I think it fits. After all, they are three know-nothing idiots who think it's all a big show that the rest of the world is in on.

[sandensea]

17. Republicans like to use that term every time they have 3 miscreants doing anything daunting

The first time I ever saw that cinematic metaphor applied to one of their schemes, was when Poppy Bush's Trade Representative Carla Hills led negotiations over NAFTA with her Canadian and Mexican counterparts.



And we all know what came of that:

An ongoing economic train wreck (for the U.S.) that - on top of all the shuttered factories and job losses - helped elect Cheeto!

[Mc Mike]

19. Unlike the original amigos, there was no injustice, suffering, or threats to liberty

before the new 3 amigos hit the scene. After Rumps amigos arrived, there was suddenly plenty of all that bad stuff.

Dorothy Gish. It's a true story.

[lastlib]

38. In this case, they are the CAUSE of the injustice, suffering, and threats to liberty.

Yep, you'll find them there, for sure!

Basturds.......

[blugbox]

45. I think that's the joke of the originals too.

They THINK they are saving the world from said injustices... but in reality they are morons who are actually causing everything in their motto

"Young man, you have got it."

[Mc Mike]

49. I never caught the idea that the original amigos were to blame.

I use the Gish line on my wife, frequently.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. From a movie done by a couple SNL folks

[machoneman]

12. I wonder if he's talked behind the scenes to Schiff and other Dems to avoid at least....

congressional probes. Makes me also wonder about Mick Mulvaney's speech today. Was it his way of saying not me, I thought this was how nations did deal with one another?

[BumRushDaShow]

14. He was subpoenaed to turn stuff over by tomorrow (Oct. 18th)

House Democrats subpoena Energy Secretary Rick Perry

By Matthew Daly?|?AP
Oct. 10, 2019 at 7:13 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON — House Democrats subpoenaed Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday as part of their impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. The chairmen of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees sent Perry a subpoena asking him to provide documents related to a Ukrainian state-owned energy company as well as his involvement in a July call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The lawmakers set a deadline for Oct. 18.

Trump has said Perry teed up the July 25 call, in which Trump pressed Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son, who was employed by a Ukrainian gas company.

Shaylyn Hynes, a spokeswoman for Perry, has said he wanted Trump to speak with the Ukrainian leader on energy matters related to U.S. efforts to boost Western energy ties to Eastern Europe. It is part of a long-term effort to lessen the political control Russia wields through its dominance of the fuel supply.

“Recently, public reports have raised questions about any role you may have played in conveying or reinforcing the president’s stark message to the Ukrainian president,” the three Democratic chairmen wrote. “These reports have also raised significant questions about your efforts to press Ukrainian officials to change the management structure at a Ukrainian state-owned energy company to benefit individuals involved with Rudy Giuliani’s push to get Ukrainian officials to interfere in our 2020 election.” Hynes said the Energy Department received a letter from the committees and is reviewing it.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-subpoena-energy-secretary-rick-perry/2019/10/10/b041aea6-eb9b-11e9-a329-7378fbfa1b63_story.html

The question will be is whether he turns over at least some stuff by tomorrow or blows it off like the rest of them.

[Vinca]

13. He'll be dancing in to testify ASAP. Rats are fleeing to save themselves.

[B Stieg]

15. You hearing footsteps, Rick?

You should be.

[Mc Mike]

18. Guess this means Rump is on the phone to DeVos and Carson now, ordering them to step in

and advance 'US interests' in the Ukraine region.

[NCjack]

20. Rick just has enough smarts to work one path to avoid prison.

Spill his guts and beg the House for mercy.

Ricky never learned that when you are in a poker game, if you don't know who the loser is, it's you. He played with Trump and he lost.

[Harker]

34. You might be giving him

too much credit. He's a dunce.

[lastlib]

39. ...and he's been in charge of work involving subatomic particles......

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[Harker]

41. He thought "subatomic" had something to do with the Navy. n/t

[lastlib]

42. Har!

Good one!

[Harker]

44. ...

He's heard of the three amigos, but can only recall two of them.

[lastlib]

48. Well, wait a minute--

There was Sondland, and Volker, and--Oops. Isn't that all three of them?

[colorado_ufo]

21. Couldn't run fast enough,

tail between his legs.

Whatta guy.

"Only the best people."

[TeamPooka]

22. Oops.

[Nitram]

23. My first reaction was, "Oh good, now he can be subpoenaed more easily." Then I remembered

what a moron Perry is, and realized he probably knows nothing about nothing.

[BumRushDaShow]

24. He was already subpoenaed last week and has to turn over everything by tomorrow!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142383020#post14

[C Moon]

26. More stalling. I don't think he'll testify. It's just more GOP stalling.

[cstanleytech]

37. Aye, I think they plan on making as much noise as possible in order to confuse the Republican base

which if we are all honest about it should not be to difficult as the majority of them know only one thing and that is how to be led by the nose like cattle.

[C Moon]

47. Agreed.

[tetedur]

27. bye Felicia! n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. Bubye

[gibraltar72]

30. Missed it by that much!

[BigmanPigman]

32. Until it is off again.

[Scarsdale]

35. 3 amigos?

more like the 3 stooges. Stooges for tRump!!

[jmowreader]

36. Shouldn't that be "3 Pendejos"?

[dalton99a]

40. Very stable genius loses a genius

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

43. Well, NOW who's in charge of the nuclear warheads in Turkey?

We need an Acting Energy Secretary fast. Maybe Ivanka.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

46. Oh, don't you fuckers soil the good names of Dusty Bottoms, Lucky Day and

Ned Nederlander!!!

[ck4829]

50. Kick

[Ponietz]

51. How much plutonium, exactly, is missing pRICK?

[robbob]

53. But I thought tRump was the chosen one?

Does this mean Ricky is abandoning his God???