Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, spoke in closed session today to one of the congressional committees "investigating" impeachment. It was a farce.
The NY Times issued this tweet about her testimony before it was even completed:
Marie Yovanovitch, the recalled U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told Congress in scathing testimony that President Trump pushed to have her removed based on "false claims" and warned that private influences are undermining the nation's interests
Remember, the testimony was not public. Nevertheless, the NY Times was able to summarize what she supposedly said. It's also clear that what the Times is reporting as Yovanovitch's position is clearly false. Trump didn't need any reason to have Yovanovitch removed. He's the President. All he has to do is decide to remove her and she's gone. As a career employee of the State Department, Yovanovitch would still have a job, but she would no longer be the ambassador in Kiev. And we've all seen President Trump fire a great many people in his administration is he was dissatisfied with the job they were doing.
What all this means is that either the NY Times is reporting something that is false, or that Yovanovitch is delusional. Clearly, she's angry at Trump for her dismissal as ambassador. Still, most likely the Times is just reporting the news that it wants to believe. That's what it did all during the Russia hoax. Why should anything have changed now?
The NY Times issued this tweet about her testimony before it was even completed:
Marie Yovanovitch, the recalled U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told Congress in scathing testimony that President Trump pushed to have her removed based on "false claims" and warned that private influences are undermining the nation's interests
Remember, the testimony was not public. Nevertheless, the NY Times was able to summarize what she supposedly said. It's also clear that what the Times is reporting as Yovanovitch's position is clearly false. Trump didn't need any reason to have Yovanovitch removed. He's the President. All he has to do is decide to remove her and she's gone. As a career employee of the State Department, Yovanovitch would still have a job, but she would no longer be the ambassador in Kiev. And we've all seen President Trump fire a great many people in his administration is he was dissatisfied with the job they were doing.
What all this means is that either the NY Times is reporting something that is false, or that Yovanovitch is delusional. Clearly, she's angry at Trump for her dismissal as ambassador. Still, most likely the Times is just reporting the news that it wants to believe. That's what it did all during the Russia hoax. Why should anything have changed now?
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