The impeachment hearings got their first made-for-TV moment during ousted Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony, thanks to a cameo from President Trump. Early in Yovanovitch’s testimony, the president lashed out in a tweet denigrating her service in Somalia and Ukraine. This was an opening for House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff, who asked for her response. “It’s very intimidating,” Yovanovitch said. “I mean, I can’t speak to what the president is trying to do, but I think the effect is trying to be intimidating.” Schiff readily agreed, referring to the tweet as witness intimidation. We seemed to witness, in real …read more
Source:: The New Republic
