Mike Pompeo’s “Faustian Bargain”

Ivanka Talks Impeachment • Travel Ban 2.0 • Don Jr.'s Hypocrisy [View this email in your browser]( [Vanity Fair]( Mike Pompeo’s “Faustian Bargain” Good morning! What a world, dear reader: Donald Trump insisted he’s [smart enough to commit a crime](. Rudy Giuliani found himself on the Justice Department’s [naughty list](. And Mark Zuckerberg got [subtweeted]( by Jack Dorsey—then [threw some shade]( at Aaron Sorkin. But who wants to talk about yesterday’s news, anyway? Today Abigail Tracy reports on the agita inside the State Department as Mike Pompeo goes full Alex Jones in defense of Trump’s most unhinged conspiracy theory yet—undermining his credibility with the diplomatic corps and putting a potential Senate campaign in jeopardy. Plus: the incomparable Bess Levin on the trials of Ivanka Trump. We hope that you’re enjoying what you’re reading. Have a great day! [Mike Pompeo]( [“He’s Made the Faustian Bargain”: Mike Pompeo Floats Ukraine Conspiracy Theories as He Loses a Grip on State]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [The House impeachment inquiry has gutted the secretary of state’s standing among diplomats, hobbled his potential Senate campaign, and even his presidential ambitions, leaving him trapped in the Trump bunker.]( [Image]( [The Hive 1]( [Ivanka Trump Thinks Democracy Is for Losers]( By [Bess Levin]( [The first daughter cannot believe the hater Democrats are actually going through with this impeachment inquiry business.]( [Read More]( [The Hive 2]( [Report: Trump's Travel Ban Could Soon Get Even Bigger]( By [Alison Durkee]( [The Trump administration is reportedly considering adding even more countries to the controversial travel ban.]( [Read More]( [The Hive 3]( [Donald Trump Jr. Is Disgusted by People Who Trade on Their Family Name]( By [Bess Levin]( [The first son cannot believe Hunter Biden would try to profit off of being a Biden.]( [Read More]( [The Hive 4]( [From the Archive: Deal With the Devil]( By [Marie Brenner]( [In 1973, a brash young would-be developer from Queens met one of New York’s premier power brokers: Roy Cohn, whose name is still synonymous with the rise of McCarthyism and its dark political arts. At 27, Donald Trump took the ruthless attorney as his sometime guide, learning many of the tactics that would inexplicably propel him to the White House. In this classic story from 2017, Marie Brenner untangles the symbiosis that bound them until Cohn’s death.]( [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2019 Condé Nast