What happened in today's impeachment hearing? Our politics team answers your questions
USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified Friday to the House Intelligence Committee in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
The tweet drew a backlash from Democrats and some Republicans, including Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who told reporters it was"wrong.""I have the right to speak. I have freedom of speech just as other people do. But they've taken away the Republicans' rights," he said during a healthcare event at the White House.
Also, a closed-door deposition is scheduled for Saturday for Mark Sandy, an official in the White House Office of Management and Budget. Although Sandy failed to show up for a deposition last week, his attorney said he would appear if he were subpoenaed. If he appears, Sandy will be the first OMB official to testify in the impeachment inquiry.White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham issued a statement on President Donald Trump's Twitter criticisms on Marie Yovanovitch's record.
“The president has the right to make their own foreign policy and make their own decisions,” Wenstrup said.“What I do wonder is why it was necessary to smear my reputation,” she said.-- Bart JansenRep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., focused on the widespread knowledge of corruption in Ukraine and U.S. efforts to counter it.
“And yet our Democratic colleagues and the chairman of this committee cry foul when we dare ask that same question that the Obama State Department was so concerned about,” Stefanik said. “But we will continue asking it.”As Republicans began their 45 minutes of questioning, Rep.
Yovanovitch “clearly is somebody who’s been a public servant to the United States for decades and I don’t think the president should have done that,” Cheney said, according to the Associated Press.GOP lawmaker: Democrats wanted envoy to 'cry for the cameras' Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on November 15, 2019.Rep. Mark Meadows, a North Carolina Republican who normally is a vocal defender of the president, wouldn’t defend Trump or Yovanovitch after the Twitter attacks, only saying that he didn’t believe it would affect how the American people view these hearings.
"I disagree with the tweet," Stefanik, a member of the Intelligence Committee, told reporters. "I think Ambassador Yovanovitch is a public servant, like many of our public servants in the foreign service."House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., asked Marie Yovanovitch to respond to President Donald Trump's tweets attacking her as she testified. The president claimed everywhere Yovanovitch went had"turned bad," including Somalia.
“Once again, going after this dedicated and respected career public servant in an effort to not only chill her but to chill others who may come forward,” Schiff told reporters during a recess from the hearing. Democrats in the impeachment inquiry said Trump had Yovanovitch removed because she was an obstacle to his efforts to have Ukraine investigate domestic political opponents, including Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.Former envoy to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch had been asked in March to extend her tour for a year, to July 2020. But she received an April 24 call notifying her she needed to return immediately.
“We’re here to watch how democracy works and watch how our leaders are held accountable,” said Katherine Cassese, 16. Daniel Gleick, a spokesperson for Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, noted how the summary of the call showed how “desperate” the Ukrainians were for a meeting with Trump.
The president, a former reality show host, compared Zelensky’s election to his own; Zelensky is a former television comedian.The president told Zelensky that, when he owned the Miss Universe organization, the Ukrainians"always had great people.
Her recall opened the door to Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to open an irregular channel of diplomacy with Ukraine, where Trump urged the investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, Schiff said.David Holmes, a State Department official working under Ambassador William Taylor in the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, is also scheduled to testify behind closed doors today.
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