Marie Yovanovitch reacts in real time to President Trump's twitter attacks
A lawyer for Yovanovitch did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But in a dramatic moment during the hearing itself, Yovanovitch downplayed her ability to single-handedly influence the trajectory of other countries, though she defended her record when asked to respond.
Yovanovitch's official State Department biography does not detail the nature of her service in Somalia, though it likely would have been at a fairly low level. As for Ukraine, where Yovanovitch was appointed ambassador in August 2016, its post-Soviet existence has been deeply troubled by corruption. It has routinely placed among the highest countries in the world in rankings like Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
In a July 25 phone call, Trump described Yovanovitch as "bad news" and suggested ominously, "She's going to go through some things." The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, also derided Yovanovitch, though it was unclear why.
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