What Went Down During Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony

Schiff talking about Trump’s tweet as “witness intimidation.” Flashback to the Mueller investigation, when Trump’s tweets attacking figures like Michael Cohen were also seen by legal experts as episodes of potential witness tampering.

As compelling as Yovanovitch has been, the narrative so far has been pretty far removed from the heart of the case that Democrats have been trying to distill and re-brand for simple consumption by everyday Americans: a crime of “bribery.” I wonder if average Americans will see a clear connection with her story, or if it’s disturbing/convincing enough its own right: Trump threatened and smeared her to purse a personal agenda.

This will be memorable testimony, at least for me. This has been a fairly raw hearing — she has been very direct in her testimony, Trump responded on Twitter, both she and Schiff denounced Trump’s tweet.