Yovanovitch is sworn in 
IN HER STATEMENT: Yovanovitch goes one by one denying a series of unsubstantiated allegations:
-That she told Ukrainians who they could and could not prosecute
-That she ever ordered embassy officials to ignore Trump's orders
-That she was asked to aid the Clinton campaign.
-That she told Ukrainians who they could and could not prosecute
-That she ever ordered embassy officials to ignore Trump's orders
-That she was asked to aid the Clinton campaign.
YOVANOVITCH: "Our Ukraine policy has been thrown into disarray, and shady interests the world over have learned how little it take sot remove an American Ambassador who does not give them what they want."
YOVANOVITCH also laments that the State Dept. didn't stand up for her or others under attack.
"It is the responsibility of the Department's leaders to stand up for the institution and the individuals who make that instititution the most effective diplomatic force in the world."
"It is the responsibility of the Department's leaders to stand up for the institution and the individuals who make that instititution the most effective diplomatic force in the world."
YOVANOVITCH notes that she was recalled months earlier than expected, at the precise moment Ukraine was in a vulnerable post-election period that "called for all the experience and experitse we could muster."
IMPORTANT: Yovanovitch's treatment is an under-appreciated part of why so many officials are cooperating with the impeachment inquiry.
She's beloved inside the foreign policy establishment and Fiona Hill called her treatment a "turning point." politico.com/news/2019/11/1…
She's beloved inside the foreign policy establishment and Fiona Hill called her treatment a "turning point." politico.com/news/2019/11/1…
YOVANOVITCH says under oath that she learned Trump refused to permit the State Department to issue a statemetn supporting her while she faced a smear campaign. politico.com/news/2019/11/1…
SIGNIFICANT: WH readout of first Ukraine call said Trump/Zelensky discussed efforts to "root out corruption."
But call script released today does not make any reference to an exchange like that.
But call script released today does not make any reference to an exchange like that.
Yovanovitch says she was "shocked, appalled, devastated" when she learned Trump called her "bad news" in a call with Ukraine's president on July 25.
YOVANOVITCH said she felt like Trump had delivered a "vague threat" to her when he told Zelensky "she's going to go through some things."
Hard to overstate the siginficance of a U.S. ambassador suggesting, in public and under oath, that she felt like the U.S. president threatened her in a call with another foreign leader.
TRUMP slams Yovanovitch while she testifies -- even as she's been defended by his current ambassador to Ukraine and other senior aides serving in his state department and NSC.
Not one person in Trump's administration other than Trump himself has questioned Yovanovitch's performance in Ukraine -- from Pompeo on down.
! SCHIFF ask Yovanovitch about Trump's new tweet just minutes after it went live.
Yovanovitch says she doesn't have the kind of unilateral power Trump would suggest to "turn things bad," she says but rejects the premise.
"I and others demonstrably made things better," she said.
"I and others demonstrably made things better," she said.
SCHIFF: What effect do you think Trump's attacks have on other witnesses.
YOVANOVITCH: "It's very intimidating ... The effect is to be intimidating."
YOVANOVITCH: "It's very intimidating ... The effect is to be intimidating."
Dems showcasing Putin statement in which he accuses Ukraine, without basis, of working on behalf of Hillary Clinton.
Yovanovitch says he was trying to "throw off the scent" of Russia's actual interference, which U.S. intel agencies concluded was on Trump's behalf.
Yovanovitch says he was trying to "throw off the scent" of Russia's actual interference, which U.S. intel agencies concluded was on Trump's behalf.
Yovanovitch now refuting Trump's comments to Zelensky on the July 25 call, saying Biden did not go aroujnd bragging that he stopped a prosecution, and when he sought to remove a corrupt Ukrainian prosecutor, it was in accordance with U.S. and international policy.
MEADOWS: “This is an impeachment of Rudy Giuliani. But last time I checked, he’s not the president.”
This directly clashed with Rep. Perry, who told reporters a moment earlier that he presumed Rudy was operating as Trump’s emissary.
