What Went Down During Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony

Yovanovitch is going a long way here to pre-empt Republican conspiracy theories she expects to be asked about.

Yovanovitch is pointing out that her anti-corruption work made her some enemies in Ukraine. One Ukrainian official — former prosecutor Lutsenko — actually helped originate the false rumor that she was obstructing prosecutions in Ukraine.

To expand a bit on what Amelia said about immigrant witnesses, Yovanovitch’s testimony has also made reference to the importance of rule of law and a free society, playing into a couple of criticisms that are specific to the impeachment inquiry and also general objections that Trump’s opponents have raised since the 2016 campaign.