I read it, and I’m ready to Tweet my notes and impressions.
It's here:
static.politico.com/5e/55/74ab1990…
First, some summary.
Nov-Dec: 2018: Yovanovitch became aware Giuliani was trying to make contact and communicate with people in Ukraine.
In February, a Ukrainian official, Avakov, told Yovanovitch she needed to “watch her back” because Giuliani was looking to “hurt” her in the US.
Giuliani reached out to Avakov, but Avakov didn’t meet with Giuliani. He was afraid it would be "dangerous.”
She also mentioned the $40 billion that former president Viktor Yanukovych and his cronies absconded with. Ukrainians want to look into . . .
Yovanovitch explained that historically, the prosecutor’s office—a holdover from Soviet days—was a hotbed of corruption; cases were investigated or prosecuted based on how much money changed hands.
He wasn’t happy that the embassy kept calling for him to clean up the prosecutor’s office.
The goal—what most Ukrainians wanted—was to end corruption and fully transition Ukraine to a rule of law country.
The State Dept. issued a strong statement that Lutsenko’s allegations were not true.
She believes he was an opportunist hoping for an endorsement from Trump to keep him in power.
Who would pull out the rug?
Trump.
She knows the call took place, but doesn’t know what was said.
(The Secretary of State calls Sean Hannity??)
[Who want to bet that Schiff and Pelosi saw all this coming last spring?]
After she returned, she learned that Trump had wanted her out since July 2018.
Then they read part of the July 25 Trump-Zelenskyy call to suggest that maybe she WAS corrupt, since Zelenskyy suggested it.
But then the Democrats. . .
Well.
Remember a few days ago I talked about the mafia state?
I kept thinking about that as I read this deposition.
impeachment-trump.com
(Who is that nerd in the front row with 100 pages of color coded notes? 🙋♀️)