The Witnesses: Marie Yovanovitch

Article II: Inside Impeachment

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🗓️ 16 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified Friday in the second round of public hearings. Yovanovitch spoke to her career in foreign service, which ended abruptly when President Trump recalled her from her post in May. During the hearing, the President criticized Yovanovitch’s service, prompting House Intelligence Committee Chair to suggest there was possible witness intimidation at play. Guest Josh Lederman, national political reporter for NBC News, recounts Friday’s testimony and describes the case each party is making to voters at this stage in the inquiry. Ask host Steve Kornacki your impeachment question by sending an email to [email protected]. For a transcript, please visit https://www.nbcnews.com/articletwo.

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0:00.0	I come before you as an American citizen who has devoted the majority of my life, 33 years, to service to the country
0:16.6	that all of us love.
0:20.0	From NBC News, this is Article 2, Inside Impeachment.
0:23.7	I'm Steve Kurnaki.
0:24.6	Today is Friday, November 15th, and here's what's happening.
0:28.0	It was not surprising that when our anti-corruption efforts got in the way of a desire for profit or power.
0:34.4	Ukrainians who prefer to play by the old corrupt rules sought to remove me.
0:39.2	Open hearings in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump continued today and Democrats
0:44.7	called on former Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovich. Yvonnevich served as
0:49.7	ambassador to Ukraine until May. That's when the president abruptly ordered her home.
0:54.8	What continues to amaze me is that they found Americans willing to partner with them and
1:00.7	working together, they apparently succeeded in orchestrating the removal of a
1:05.3	U.S. Ambassador.
1:07.2	After Yvonnevich wrapped up her opening statement, the President weighed in.
1:10.9	Ambassador Yvonnevich, as we see it here testifying, the President is attacking you on
1:16.0	Twitter.
1:17.0	Everywhere Marie Ivanovich went turned bad.
1:20.0	She started off in Somalia, how did that go?
1:24.0	Later in the tweet is a US president's absolute right to appoint ambassadors.
1:29.0	Democratic Chairman Adam Schiff later said those tweets could amount to witness intimidation.
1:35.4	Both parties tried to use Yvonnevich to crystallize their arguments.
1:39.2	Today on Article II, we'll talk through what they said and will ask was either side successful in
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