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regardless of what Pompeo wants?
irisblue
(32,980 posts)From wiki--"Marie Louise Yovanovitch is a member of the United States Foreign Service who served as the 9th United States Ambassador to Ukraine. She was nominated to the post on May 18, 2016, to replace Geoff Pyatt; was sworn in on August 18, 2016; and was recalled as of May 20, 2019."
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)not sure if Trump will sue her and claim Executive Privilege.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)The Ukraine scandal has already caused at least one casualty among the departments civil servants: Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who was removed from her post two months before her tour was up. Trump and Giuliani perceived Yovanovitch as insufficiently supportive of the effort to dig up dirt on Biden and his son, according to the whistleblower complaint. Pompeo did not respond to questions from reporters leveled at him as he left the briefing Thursday on why he removed Yovanovitch.
In the July 25 call, Trump described Yovanovitch as bad news, but current and former diplomats rushed to her defense, describing her as a consummate foreign service officer who was pushing for anti-corruption reforms in Kyiv before she was removed from her job.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/26/trump-impeachment-inquiry-puts-state-department-in-the-crosshairs
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mcar
(42,334 posts)She obviously doesn't owe Pompous or the administration anything.
Native
(5,942 posts)cognizant of setting an example for her students. I'd love to see a woman lead this charge.