Important from Yovanovitch's lawyer on the State Dept's failure to produce legal guidance for his client:
"Ambassador Yovanovitch has been subpoenaed to testify, and as we read the law, she is obliged to be here and testify, and she will...
"Ambassador Yovanovitch has been subpoenaed to testify, and as we read the law, she is obliged to be here and testify, and she will...
"...We have repeatedly asked the State Dept's office of the legal advisor to provide us with a written statement that we could read on their behalf so that their concerns regarding what they term, 'executive branch confidentiality interests,' could be heard by this committee...
... We have asked them to specify in writing particular topics with respect to which they wish us to point out their interests. And although we were told we would receive such a statement, we have not."
