In an extraordinary moment during the impeachment hearings, the ousted former Ukraine ambassador was asked to respond in real time to a Twitter broadside from President Donald Trump.
In an extraordinary moment during the impeachment hearings, the ousted Ukraine ambassador was asked to respond in real time to a Twitter broadside from President Donald Trump in which he accused her without evidence of causing destruction during her diplomatic tours.
“I didn’t know what to think but I was very concerned,” Yovanovitch said. “It didn’t sound good. It sounded like a threat. I did [feel threatened].”Yovanovitch did not minimize the disappointment she felt about being recalled as ambassador to Ukraine earlier this year, saying her dismissal without cause was “a terrible thing to hear.”
“So over the weekend of March 22, there was a lot of discussion on email among a number of people about what could be done,” she said. “The Under Secretary for Political Affairs [David Hale] called me on Sunday, and I said, ‘it’s very important that the secretary himself come out and be supportive, because otherwise it’s hard for me to be the kind of representative you need here. He said he’d talk to the secretary.
“The allegation that I disseminated a ‘do not prosecute list’ is a fabrication,” Yovanovitch testified, referring to an accusation leveled against her by former Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko.
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