The President's allies are using a leak that originated at the @StateDept to smear a career ambassador and intimidate a key witness in the impeachment inquiry. Let's set the record straight. 
@StateDept First of all, the @StateDept should stop leaking documents that Republicans are using to wage misleading attacks on a Department employee & instead produce documents we've subpoenaed & that the White House has told them to hide. We know you’ve got them: intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…
@StateDept Ambassador Yovanovitch testified that @HouseForeign contacted her in August to discuss the circumstances around her firing. (p.213 of her testimony: docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…)
@StateDept We did reach out to her! We were, and remain, appalled at the way that she had been treated by the Trump Administration. foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-releases…
@StateDept In fact, we'd been looking into irregularities in policy toward Ukraine and her case going back to the spring, when we learned of the smears that ultimately led to her recall from Kyiv. This is normal oversight work the committee conducts all the time. foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/6…
@StateDept Now, the latest baseless attack against Amb. Yovanovich alleges that her email with @HouseForeign contradicts what she said in her testimony. Well guess what? We have those emails too. We wrote them. Here they are with appropriate redactions: foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/e…
@StateDept These emails show the @StateDept stonewalling legitimate congressional oversight. Most importantly, the short part of that chain between Ambassador Yovanovitch and a @HouseForeign staff member fully aligns with the ambassador’s testimony.
@StateDept This smear against the ambassador is false, pure and simple. So anyone peddling this lie should stop right now and report the facts. Here’s what should happen next:
@StateDept Those who published or amplified these stories should retract them and apologize. And the @StateDept should issue a statement defending a career ambassador against this baseless attack. Again, @SecPompeo is failing to stand up for career Department officials.
@StateDept @SecPompeo If the @StateDept remains silent, it will be another example of the culture of harassment & intimidation that's festered under this Administration. We've spent 3 years looking into this problem. What we’ve found isn’t pretty & has only gotten worse. /End foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/0…
