Een Democratisch congreslid vroeg Yovanovitch wat ze van die tweets vond. "Erg intimiderend", antwoordde ze. Een van de leden van de onderzoekscommissie liet weten dat de boodschap van Trump zal worden meegewogen in het afzettingsonderzoek. De Democratische leider Nancy Pelosi verklaarde dat ze de tweet niet had gezien, maar dat het intimideren van getuigen een misdaad is.
De als zeer integer bekend staande Yovanovitsj zei over haar ontslag als ambassadeur in Kyiv dat ''de oude corrupte garde'' daartoe de aanzet had gegeven. ''Wat me blijft verbazen is dat ze Amerikanen bereid vonden om met ze samen te werken en er voor te zorgen dat een Amerikaanse ambassadeur het veld moest ruimen. Hoe kan dit? Hoe kan het dat buitenlandse corruptie er in slaagt om onze regering te manipuleren. Welke belangen zijn daarmee gediend?"
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Yovanovitch says "corrupt Ukrainians" orchestrated her removal
22:30, 15 November 2019
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Marie Yovanovitch says the situation where foreign states manipulate the
U.S. government profits authoritarian rulers only.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, believes that
foreign corrupt interests contributed to her removal from office.
"It was and remains a top U.S. priority to help Ukraine fight
corruption, and significant progress has been made since the 2014
Revolution of Dignity. Unfortunately, as the past couple of months have
underlined, not all Ukrainians embraced our anti-corruption work, thus
perhaps it was not surprising that when our anti-corruption efforts got
in the way of a desire for profit or power, Ukrainians who preferred to
play by the old corrupt rules sought to remove me," Yovanovitch
testified in an open hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry.
"What continues to amaze me is that they found Americans willing to
partner with them and, working together, they apparently succeeded in
orchestrating the removal of a U.S. ambassador," she added.
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"How could our system fail like this? How is it that foreign corrupt
interests could manipulate our government? Which countries' interests
are served when the very corrupt behavior we've been criticizing is
allowed to prevail? Such conduct undermines the U.S., exposes our
friends and widens the playing field for autocrats like [Russian]
President Putin," Yovanovitch went on to say.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the House impeachment inquiry went into an
open phase November 13.
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/10757025-ex-u-s-envoy-yovanovitch-says-corrupt-ukrainians-orchestrated-her-removal.html
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/10757025-ex-u-s-envoy-yovanovitch-says-corrupt-ukrainians-orchestrated-her-removal.html
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