November 12, 2019

Ex-U.S. Ambassador Was Warned to Leave Ukraine on ‘Next Flight’ Over Threats to Her Safety

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marie-yovanovitch-former-ukraine-ambassador-threatened-by-trump-907836/
"Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told congressional investigators she was advised to leave Ukraine on “the next plane” in April because her security was at risk, and that she still fears for her safety because of comments President Trump made about her during his July 25th call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The revelation comes as part of her October 11th testimony to Congress that was released Monday by the chairmen of the Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight committees. The Democrats will continue to release the full depositions of witnesses who have testified as part of the impeachment inquiry into Trump. In her testimony, Yovanovitch shed light on the details surrounding her abrupt departure from her post this spring, noting that the State Department “had been under pressure from the president to remove me since the summer of 2018,” despite an assurance from a department official that she had “done nothing wrong.” The issue? Trump and allies like Rudy Giuliani couldn’t trust her not to interfere in their efforts to extort Ukraine into investigating the 2016 election and the Bidens."