.@RepValDemings: "In a further way to silence the administration, the president brazenly attacked the public servants who came forward to testify...And as we all know, witness intimidation is a federal crime."
@RepValDemings As @RepValDemings recounts how Trump tried to intimidate Marie Yovanovitch, reminder: Pompeo, who has defied subpoenas, has yet to defend her from the president's attacks *or* an international smear campaign—or even acknowledge his unwillingness to do so.
Meanwhile, the State Department pushed Taylor, a decorated veteran and career foreign-service officer, to leave Ukraine early so Pompeo wouldn't have to interact with him on a recent trip to Ukraine: cnn.com/2019/12/19/pol…
And, in the middle of the impeachment investigation, Trump basically suggested that we "deal with" the whistleblower and those who spoke with them the way we used to deal with spies—which sure sounds like a threat of execution.
