Trump tried going after Yovanovitch yesterday. None of his Republican allies on House Intel backed him.
Not a single Republican lawmaker on the House Intelligence Committee backed up the president’s midhearing attacks on veteran diplomat Marie Yovanovitch Friday as she described a Trump-fueled “smear campaign” that effectively ended her career.
Republicans appeared particularly hamstrung by the sympathetic nature of a witness like Yovanovich, who has won virtually unanimous admiration from her colleagues in nearly every facet of the federal government, including among Trump’s own appointees. “You're tough as nails and you're smart as hell,” said Rep. Will Hurd . “You’re a great example of what our ambassadors should be like. You are an honor to your family. You are an honor to the foreign service. You are an honor to your country.”
Lawmakers sat rapt while Yovanovitch described an almost cinematic tale of the circumstances of her ousting in May.
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