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Ex-US Envoy to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch Has Book Deal
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who provided chilling testimony during the Trump impeachment hearings has a book deal
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Yovanovitch, Key Figure in Trump Trial, Inks Book Deal
Marie Yovanovitch, who was ousted from her post as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine after a smear campaign by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has signed a book deal, it was announced Friday. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said it had acquired a memoir by Yovanovich, a key witness and figure in the House inquiry that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. “The as-yet-untitled memoir will...
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Ousted Ukraine Ambassador Yovanovitch Urges Students to Pursue Diplomacy, Receives Prestigious Award
The career U.S. diplomat who was ousted from her post in Ukraine by President Donald Trump is urging college students to follow in her footsteps because the U.S. “needs diplomats that are ready and capable.”
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Yovanovitch: ‘The State Department is in Trouble'
Marie Yovanovitch, the former Ambassador to Ukraine who was ousted by President Donald Trump before testifying against him during his impeachment hearings, warned of the State Department’s welfare under the Trump Administration. “The State Department is in trouble. Senior leaders lack policy vision, moral clarity and leadership skills,” she said during an event to accept the Trainor Award from the...
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Former Ukraine Ambassador Yovanovitch Retires From State Department
Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who was removed from her post after unsubstantiated allegations were made against her by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, has retired from the State Department, NBC News reported. Testifying in defiance of Trump’s ban, Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators in October that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to…......
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In Recording Trump Asks How Long Ukraine Can Resist Russians
President Donald Trump inquired how long Ukraine would be able to resist Russian aggression without U.S. assistance during a 2018 meeting with donors that included the indicted associates of his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. “How long would they last in a fight with Russia?” Trump is heard asking in the audio portion of a video recording, moments before he calls…
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Pompeo Breaks Silence on Alleged Threats to Envoy in Ukraine
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has broken three days of silence over the alleged surveillance and threats to the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. In interviews with conservative radio hosts on Friday, Pompeo said he had no knowledge of either until earlier this week when congressional Democrats released documents from an associate of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney suggesting that...
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Ukraine Opens Probe of Possible Surveillance of Ambassador Yovanovitch
Ukrainian police say they have opened an investigation into the possibility that the former U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance before she was recalled from her post.
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Giuliani Associate Parnas Claims Trump Ordered Ukraine Ambassador Firing Before Recall
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, claimed in an interview that aired Thursday that President Donald Trump fired, or believed he fired, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine several times before her recall was publicly announced in April.
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Giuliani Says Trump ‘Relied on' His Claims About US Diplomat
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, says he provided the president with information that the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was impeding investigations that could benefit Trump politically. Within weeks, she was recalled from her post. In an interview with The New York Times, Giuliani portrayed himself as directly involved in the effort to oust Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, and he provided...
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New Documents Show Contacts Between Giuliani and Pompeo
Newly released documents show Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. The State Department released the documents Friday to the group American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. They show that Pompeo talked with Giuliani on...
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Hale Defends Work of Marie Yovanovitch
Under Secretary of State David Hale defended former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during Wednesday’s impeachment hearing, calling her an “exceptional officer doing exceptional work.” He testified that President Donald Trump’s tweets targeting the diplomat were “wrong.”
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Hale Defends Work of Marie Yovanovitch
Under Secretary of State David Hale defended former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during Wednesday’s impeachment hearing, calling her an “exceptional officer doing exceptional work.” He testified that President Donald Trump’s tweets targeting the diplomat were “wrong.”
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Lt. Col. Vindman Explains ‘Duty' to Come Forward at Impeachment Hearing
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Army officer at the National Security Council, kicked off the third public hearing in House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry by testifying about his “duty” to report concerns over what he called an improper “demand” by President Donald Trump during a July phone call with Ukraine’s new president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his...
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Diplomat Says of Trump Ukraine Call: ‘I Remember It Vividly'
The phone call State Department official David Holmes overheard between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland lasted just two minutes. But it won’t be easily forgotten. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” Holmes told Trump impeachment investigators, “someone calling the President from a mobile phone at a restaurant, and then having a conversation of this level of candor, colorful...
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‘Very Intimidating': Marie Yovanovitch Responds to Trump's Real-Time Tweet Attack During Impeachment Hearing
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff interrupted the impeachment hearing Friday morning to give the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine a chance to answer President Donald Trump’s real-time attacks on her on Twitter. Schiff took over the questioning to read aloud Trump’s broadside against the former ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, as she was testifying. “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad,” Trump tweeted...
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Yovanovitch: Why Was It ‘Necessary to Smear My Reputation?
Former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch asked whether it was necessary for President Donald Trump to smear her reputation, following questioning from Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio.
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Trump Responds to Question About Intimidating Yovanovitch With Tweet: ‘I Want Freedom of Speech'
President Donald Trump took questions from the media this afternoon after he tweeted about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during her testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee
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Trump Responds to Question About Intimidating Yovanovitch With Tweet: ‘I Want Freedom of Speech'
President Donald Trump took questions from the media this afternoon after he tweeted about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during her testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee
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Schiff Questions Trump's Decision to Appoint Inaugural Donor Over Career Official in Ukraine
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., suggests in questions to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch that President Donald Trump removed her from her diplomatic post so that he could appoint someone more sympathetic to his foreign policy agenda, like a “top donor to his inauguration.”