The congressional investigation into President Donald Trump has unearthed findings that are leading some diplomats to demand a revamp of how ambassadors are appointed
Some have private planes. Others brag about their polo ponies. Then there are the ones with a direct line to the White House and a willingness to operate outside their mandates — with enough money on hand to cover the legal fees from a congressional investigation.
The group’s president, Eric Rubin, said in a statement to POLITICO that the Foreign Service Act of 1980 specifies ambassadorships should “normally be accorded to career members of the Service,” with only occasional exceptions for qualified outsiders. Sondland is a hotel owner who reportedly donated $1 million for Trump’s inauguration and had no notable diplomatic experience before being named to the Brussels-based post. Ukraine is not a member of the EU, making Sondland’s involvement in its affairs even more odd.
Democrats said the State Department and White House had tried to bar Yovanovitch's testimony, but investigating House committees had issued a subpoena and she'd complied with it.Last week, AFSA sent out a notice to its diplomats asking them to donate money to a legal defense fund “for members with legal issues that involve possible far-reaching significance to the rest of the Service, such as cases involving due process or fundamental fairness.
Some career diplomats say it also feels like there’s more of a cultural clash with the Trump crew than political appointees from past administrations, though they agree it’s tough to quantify the phenomenon. Some of the political appointees derisively referred to career staffers who worked for them as “Obama holdovers,” even if those employees had been in government for decades. There was even talk of “Obama ambassadors,” in reference to veteran U.S. envoys from the career ranks.
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