What Went Down During Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony

Over at Breitbart, Clare, the leading article seems to be setting the foundation for the argument that a fired ambassador would indeed have an agenda.

I know the Democrats want to isolate this Ukraine situation from everything else that has happened in the last three years. But in reality, Trump is being impeached for all of what has happened since 2016 — with Ukraine being the culmination and most damning evidence. And the treatment of Yovanovitch is in some ways a lot like what happened to Comey, McCabe, Rostenstein and others — institutionalists carrying out their jobs in the way they had in previous administrations but finding themselves under attack by Trump’s allies and Fox News.

I am finding Yovanovitch’s testimony very compelling – her line about the color draining from her face when she read the July 25 call transcript where she was called “bad news” was especially effective. On its own, this could get written off as just Trump being Trump. Or an example of dirty politics, maybe, but not something truly dangerous. But as part of the broader accumulation of evidence, I think it’s quite powerful. The question is if that’s how Americans will interpret it.