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'''Marie Yovanovitch''' was the [[Obama]] appointee as Ambassador to the [[Ukraine]].  Yovanovitch is a [[Democrat]] [[partisan]] operative who was removed as Ukrainian ambassador weeks after [[Hunter Biden]] resigned from [[Burisma]], Ukraine's largest oil and gas producer.  Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said Yovanovitch gave him a "Do Not Prosecute" list with Hunter Biden's name on it.<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/434875-top-ukrainian-justice-official-says-us-ambassador-gave-him-a-do-not-prosecute</ref>  Yovanovich never raised the issue of Ukrainian government officials meddling in the U.S. [[2016 presidential election]] with the [[Poroshenko]] regime.  Poroshenko was voted out of office in April 2019 carrying only 24% of the vote, with anti-corruption reformer [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] reviving 73%.

'''Marie Yovanovitch''' was the [[Obama]] appointee as Ambassador to the [[Ukraine]].  Yovanovitch is a [[Democrat]] [[partisan]] operative who was removed as Ukrainian ambassador weeks after [[Hunter Biden]] resigned from [[Burisma]], Ukraine's largest oil and gas producer.  Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said Yovanovitch gave him a "Do Not Prosecute" list with Hunter Biden's name on it.<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/434875-top-ukrainian-justice-official-says-us-ambassador-gave-him-a-do-not-prosecute</ref>  Yovanovich never raised the issue of Ukrainian government officials meddling in the U.S. [[2016 presidential election]] with the [[Poroshenko]] regime.  Poroshenko was voted out of office in April 2019 carrying only 24% of the vote, with anti-corruption reformer [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] reviving 73%.

A Ukrainian court determined in December 2018 that Ukrainian government officials had in fact meddled in the U.S. presidential election during Yovanovitch's tenure.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-paul-manafort.html ''Ukraine Court Rules Manafort Disclosure Caused 'Meddling' in U.S. Election]'', ''The New York Times'', December 12. 2018.  National Anti-Corruption Bureau Director [[Artem Sytnyk]] and legislator [[Serhiy Leshchenko]] broke the law by revealing Manafort's name. The court said that the disclosure  

A Ukrainian court determined in December 2018 that Ukrainian government officials had in fact meddled in the U.S. presidential election during Yovanovitch's tenure.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-paul-manafort.html ''Ukraine Court Rules Manafort Disclosure Caused 'Meddling' in U.S. Election]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 12. 2018.  National Anti-Corruption Bureau Director [[Artem Sytnyk]] and legislator [[Serhiy Leshchenko]] broke the law by revealing Manafort's name. The court said that the disclosure  

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{{quotebox|“led to interference in the electoral processes of the United States in 2016 and harmed the interests of Ukraine as a state.” [https://www.theepochtimes.com/ties-to-ukrainian-national-a-unifying-theme-in-early-attacks-on-trump_2872609.html]}}</ref>