US leader calls Marie Yovanovitch 'bad news' as she accuses allies of undermining US foreign policy in Ukraine. FMTNews DonaldTrump Impeachment
Trump attacked the former envoy on Twitter less than an hour into the hearing.
The veteran diplomat earned a standing ovation from the public at the conclusion of her marathon testimony, during which she recounted how she was subjected to a “painful” smear campaign before being abruptly pulled from Kiev. Trump’s outburst highlighted the intensity of the public hearings that seek to establish whether the president abused the power of his office for personal political gain, and which kicked off Wednesday with testimony by two senior diplomats including the current top envoy to Ukraine.
Schiff would not say whether it was an impeachable offence, but witness tampering including intimidation is a crime. The ongoing inquiry in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives centres on accusations that Trump froze US military aid in an effort to get Ukraine to launch political investigations against potential 2020 election rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
And when she read the memorandum of Trump’s July 25 call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky – in which the US leader called her “bad news” and said she was “going to go through some things” – she said “it sounded like a threat.”But above all Yovanovitch expressed alarm that envoys could be so easily “kneecapped” by false accusations and corrupt foreign influences.
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