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This is horrifying.

It makes Yovanovitch’s testimony recounting how she felt threatened even more stunning.
Yovanovitch literally got the call that she was being recalled from her ambassadorship in Ukraine due to concerns for her safety while she was at an event honoring an anti-corruption activist who was killed.

Now we know she was being tracked by Parnas and his goons.

JFC.
And after going through this, Yovanovitch had to read the July 25 transcript memo where the damn POTUS told Zelensky that she would "go through some things."

Then he attacked her DURING her testimony.

This whole scheme against Yovanovitch was straight-up mob behavior.
Reading those texts about tracking Yovanovitch makes my blood boil.

People need to be held accountable for this disgusting intimidation campaign against Yovanovitch on its own merits.
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