COMMITTEES RELEASE TESTIMONY OF YOVANOVITCH AND McKINLEY AS PART OF NEW PUBLIC PHASE OF IMPEACHMENT [View all]

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Source: House Intelligence Committee

Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the transcripts of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie "Masha" Yovanovitch and former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State Ambassador P. Michael McKinley.

Both of these individuals testified before the Committees as part of the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry of President Donald J. Trump. The resolution passed by the House last week authorized the Committees to make the inquiry transcripts of their recent depositions and interviews available to Members and public at the discretion at the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee in advance of open hearings.

The three Chairs issued the following statement announcing today's releases:

"As we move towards this new public phase of the impeachment inquiry, the American public will begin to see for themselves the evidence that the committees have collected. With each new interview, we learn more about the President's attempt to manipulate the levers of power to his personal political benefit.

"The transcripts of interviews with Ambassadors Yovanovitch and McKinley demonstrate clearly how President Trump approved the removal of a highly respected and effective diplomat based on public falsehoods and smears against Ambassador Yovanovitch's character and her work in support of long-held U.S. foreign policy anticorruption goals.

"Ambassadors Yovanovitch and McKinley's testimony also demonstrates the contamination of U.S. foreign policy by an irregular back channel that sought to advance the President's personal and political interests, and the serious concerns that this activity elicited across our government.

"Unfortunately, despite those concerns, the transcripts also show clearly that efforts to secure public support for Ambassador Yovanovitch from the senior-most levels of the State Department were never realized, thanks to worry among t

Read more: https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=757

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Haven't seen it on MSM yet but it's coming!

EDIT - WaPo is just breaking it now (@12:11 pm) - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry-live-updates/2019/11/04/f850b79a-fef2-11e9-9518-1e76abc088b6_story.html

(the above is an excerpt from their Press Release)

Here is the link to the Ambassador Yovanovitch’s testimony (PDF) - https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/CPRT-116-IG00-D003.pdf
Link to P. Michael McKinley's testimony - https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/CPRT-116-IG00-D004.pdf

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BREAKING: House Intel, Oversight and Foreign Affairs Committees just released transcripts of testimony from Ambassadors Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley.

It's time for the American public to see the evidence for themselves:https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID757 ...
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Amb. Yovanovitch is a dedicated American diplomat who was forced from her position after a vicious smear campaign orchestrated by the president's allies.

Today, we're releasing her transcript, and that of another committed public servant, Amb. McKinley.https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID757 ...
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