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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]]. She had previously served as Ambassador to [[Kyrgyzstan]] and Ambassador to [[Armenia]] for President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/yovanovitch-marie-l</ref> She is a registered [[Democrat]],<ref>http://connvoters.com/by_number/0010/56231_marie_l_yovanovitch.html</ref> and was recalled from Ukraine in May 2019. | | '''Marie Yovanovitch''' was the [[Obama]] appointee as Ambassador to the [[Ukraine]]. She had previously served as Ambassador to [[Kyrgyzstan]] and Ambassador to [[Armenia]] for President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/yovanovitch-marie-l</ref> She is a registered [[Democrat]],<ref>http://connvoters.com/by_number/0010/56231_marie_l_yovanovitch.html</ref> and was recalled from Ukraine in May 2019. |
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| − | Yovanovitch was removed from her post months before President Trump spoke with President Zelensky about [[CrowdStrike]]'s interference in the 2016 presidential election, nor had any relevant knowledge or information regarding the Democrat's impeachment/coup attempt.
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| | 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%. | | 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%. |
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| | 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 |
| | {{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> | | {{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> |
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| | + | Yovanovitch was removed from her post months before President Trump spoke with President Zelensky about [[CrowdStrike]]'s interference in the 2016 presidential election, nor had any relevant knowledge or information regarding the Democrat's impeachment/coup attempt. |
| | + | The circumstances of her recall are currently a subject of the House's impeachment hearings on President [[Trump]]. |
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| | ==Political spying== | | ==Political spying== |