What Went Down During Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony

I’m sure Pompeo will do a huffy interview on a Sunday show, not answer the basic questions, not testify and defend Trump at all costs.

I gotta say, the office politics at the State Department seem … fraught.

A frequent commentary about the Wednesday hearings was that the two diplomats did a lot of work to be seen as fully nonpartisan. We said that was good for Democrats as their testimony wouldn’t be discredited, but that it also deprived them of blockbuster testimony. Yovanovitch seems a little less concerned about maintaining a similar nonpartisan glow. Her testimony is also less directly linked to the alleged quid pro quo, so maybe it matters less for Democrats if she is discredited. But it seems more likely that Republicans will try to discredit her. On the other hand, she also seems more likely to deliver re-playable testimony.