Trump impeachment inquiry: ex-Ukraine envoy defies White House to testify - live

[mysteryowl]

Source: The Guardian

Marie Yovanovitch arrives to be quizzed by House committees.
The former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, is now sitting down with House committees involved in the impeachment inquiry for a "transcribed interview."

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Source: The Hill
Ex-Ukraine ambassador arrives to give testimony.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch appeared on Capitol Hill Friday morning for closed-door testimony in the House impeachment inquiry.

Yovanovitch is expected to discuss her dismissal as ambassador in May, when she was recalled to Washington, and her knowledge of the efforts by President Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to pressure the Ukrainian government to open a corruption investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.

Her appearance bucked expectations.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/465377-ex-ukraine-ambassador-arrives-to-give-testimony

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/oct/11/donald-trump-news-today-impeachment-inquiry-ukraine-politics-live-updates

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Good news. We need to have the truth come out!
Apparently, the committees did not know for sure she was coming, until she showed up.

"Live" is how The Guardian posts "Breaking News"

[B Stieg]

1. Baby steps...

but steps, nonetheless!

[aggiesal]

2. She's going to sing like a bird! n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Contradiction here: If it's live, it's not behind closed doors.

Since I'm not seeing it on MSNBC it must mean that its behind closed doors, or she's due to testify after lunch.

[mysteryowl]

4. It is a live thread from The Guardian

The Hill is reporting it too.

The "live" aspect is how The Guardian posts its breaking news.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Thank you.

[vlyons]

6. and they can't fire her

At most, they can only give her a pointless busy-work assignment, which they have already done. I'm betting that she will patiently wait out her time until the Trump criminals are swept away. Wouldn't it be great if the next Dem president gave her a plum assignment as a reward for having honor and integrity?

[Pluvious]

11. That would be a good start towards righting the innumerable wrongs of the Con

And add to our list other aggrieved patriots like Sally Yates.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Here's a link (PDF) to her prepared statement

https://games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/fd70dea5-724b-4c5a-9de8-da11d7d6e9f8/note/33f88507-cb6c-48d2-b673-139f86a5d98a.pdf#page=1

[mysteryowl]

8. Thanks for posting!

[BumRushDaShow]

10. You are welcome!

[canetoad]

14. Thank you for posting that

It gives a good overview of the Ukraine situation.

...and Good Morning!

[BumRushDaShow]

17. You are welcome and

Good evening to you!!

[stuffmatters]

15. Thank you for sharing her statement. Sure deserves to be a "greatest thread" all by itself.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. You are welcome

and agree about an OP - maybe if more gets leaked out about what her testimony revealed.

[AKing]

9. Her statement sounds like she served at the pleasure of Rudy Guliani and that...

anti-corruption in Ukraine was getting in the way of Rudy's sleazebag associates. I have no doubt that Rudy could have gotten in Trump's ear to recall her.

[getagrip_already]

12. Is she still at the state dept?

If she was dismissed, isn't that the equivelant of being fired?

She was recalled and dismissed, not reassigned. Doesn't sound like trump had any way to stop her.

[safeinOhio]

13. I'd think some really great

Jobs will be coming her way soon.

[olddad65]

16. Trump calked her 'bad news' I would call her 'great news'.