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[[File:Burisma-group-ukraine-ambassador.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Burisma oil and gas officials posted to Instagram a photo from a meeting at Ambassador Yovanovitch's residence in October 2018.]]

[[File:Burisma-group-ukraine-ambassador.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Burisma oil and gas officials posted to Instagram a photo from a meeting at Ambassador Yovanovitch's residence in October 2018.]]

'''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]] receiving 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> On March 21, 2019, the [[State Department]] rejected these allegations, stating: "The allegations by the Ukrainian prosecutor-general are not true and are intended to tarnish the reputation of Ambassador Yovanovitch."<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/us-rejects-top-ukrainian-prosecutors-dont-prosecute-accusation/29834853.html</ref> In an interview with the ''New York Times'', Lutsenko later denied ever making such allegations, blaming a mistranslation of his comments re. Yovanovitch telling him not to prosecute ''anti''-corruption activists. Lutsenko further denied having any evidence of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/world/europe/ukraine-prosecutor-trump.html</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]] receiving 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