What Went Down During Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony

Yovanovitch puts Giuliani at the center for why she was fired from her post. “I do not understand Mr. Giuliani’s motives for attacking me, nor can I offer an opinion on whether he believed the allegations he spread about me.” In terms of the discussions we’ve had about whether she’ll be thought of as having bipartisan credibility, I can’t help but think Republicans will use this to show she has grievances against Giuliani and Trump.

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.