Ex-Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch: 'Our Ukraine policy has been thrown into disarray, and shady interests the world over have learned how little it takes to remove an American Ambassador who does not give them what they want.' ImpeachmentHearings
After fielding questions from impeachment investigators behind closed doors last month, she is offering details of her account of efforts to publicly discredit her and remove her from her post by some of the president's political allies.
Yovanovitch agreed her ouster could create a chilling effect for other ambassadors seeking to address corruption around the world. NEW: Marie Yovanovitch:"Ukrainians who preferred to play by the old, corrupt rules sought to remove me. What continues to amaze me is that they found Americans willing to partner with them and...they apparently succeeded in orchestrating the removal of a U.S. Ambassador." pic.twitter.com/bzctifeXnn“This is not a time to undercut our diplomats,” she said when discussing how unfilled positions and low morale impacts their work on foreign policy.
Ambassador Marie “Masha” Yovanovitch is recalling the hardships of serving as a U.S. diplomat in foreign countries whose governments are often faltering and in situations are dangerous. On Ukraine, she is describing going to its “front line” multiple times “to show the American flag” and witness first hand the country’s attempts to fend off Russian aggression.
He parried them all -- but a much feistier beginning to today's hearing - and much more GOP focus on the process, ABC News' Benjamin Siegel reports. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement to the pool: “The President will be watching Congressman Nunes’ opening statement, but the rest of the day he will be working hard for the American people.”
“I come before you as an American citizen who has spent the majority of my life – 33 years – to service to the country,” she says. On Biden, it is correct that Biden in 2016 pressured Ukraine to fire the prosecutor general, Viktor Shokin, and threatened to withhold nearly $1 billion in U.S. aid if Shokin wasn't removed. But according to testimony by U.S. envoy Kurt Volker and others, Biden’s position was in line with U.S. policy and backed by other international powers that agreed Shokin was ignoring corruption and needed to go.
Nunes is accusing Democrats of trying to fulfill their"Watergate fantasies." This is a reference to the investigation of President Richard Nixon. The California Republican says their"whole case" relies on"second-hand" and"third-hand" information." Rep. Schiff said the president shouldn't use his powers to"destroy others to advance his personal or political interests."
A Democratic official working on the impeachment inquiry described Yovanovitch, a veteran diplomat, as an"anti-corruption champion" who was"targeted for doing her job." She also said she felt threatened after Trump mentioned her in the July phone call with Ukraine's leader -- telling Zelenskiy that she was"bad news" and was"going to go through some things."
Several of Yovanovitch's former colleagues have vouched for her in both public and private impeachment depositions and hearings.
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