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To help us understand what really took place? >> what if he tries to plead the fifth? is he allowed to plead the fifth in front of congress? >> that -- that train has left the station. ambassador sondland, the american people have a right to know exactly what took place. you started with that testimony. you amended it. and i -- i still believe he has the opportunity to straighten out this given the clear, consistent testimony of almost everyone else whos testified. you know, you take the preside...

Argued it is freedom of speech. here is how it all played out. >> the president implicitly threatened you, in that call record, and now the president realtime is attacking you. what effect do you you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrong doing? >> well, its very intimidating. >> designed to intimidate, is it not? >> i mean i cant speak to what the president was trying to do but i think the effect is to be intimidating. >> well, i want to let you know amba...

President decided to weigh in in the middle of her public testimony the president tweeted this, everywhere marie yovanovitch went turned bad. she started off in smaomalia, h did that go. it is a u.s. presidents absolute right to appoint ambassadors. intelligence committee chair adam schiff called it witness intimidation, but president trump argued that it was freedom of speech. heres how it all played out. >> the president implicitly threatened you in that call record, and now the president in r...

While shes in the middle of testifying. i mean, you cannot make this up. >> as we sit here testifying the president is attacking you on twitter, and id like to give you a chance to respond. ill read part of one of his tweets. "everywhere yovanovitch went turned bad. she started off in somalia, how did that go?" ambassador, you showed the courage to come forward today and testify. notwithstanding the fact you were urged by the white house or state department not to, notwithstanding the fact that ...

>> ambassador, youve shown the courage to come forward today and testify. notwithstanding the fact you were urged by the white house or state department not to. notwithstanding the fact that as you testified earlier, the president implicitly threatened you in that call record. and now, the president real time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> well, its very intimidating. >> its designed to intimidate, is i...

District about trying to get you yovanovitch fired. we should say that the presidents son weighed in on and this and the president. >> now you testified in your opening statement that you had left ukraine by the time of the july 25th call between president trump and president zelensky. when was the first time that you saw the call record for this phone call? >> when it was released publicly at the end of september, i believe. >> and prior to reading that call record, were you aware that presiden...

Sit here testifying the president is attacking you on twitter. and id like to give you a chance to respond. ill read part of one of his tweets. everywhere marie yovanovitch went turned bad. she started off in somalia, how did that go? he goes onto say later in the tweet its a u.s. presidents absolute right to appoint ambassadors. first of all, ambassador yovanovitch, the senate has a chance to confirm or deny an ambassador, do they not? >> yes, advise and consent. >> the president implicitly thr...

He attacks marie yovanovitch while shes in the middle of testifying. i mean, you cannot make this up. >> as we sit here testifying the president is attacking you on twitter, and id like to give you a chance to respond. ill read part of one of his tweets. everywhere yovanovitch went turned bad. she started off in somalia, how did that go inambassador, you showed the courage to come forward today and testify. notwithstanding the fact you were urged by the white house or state department not to, no...

So the impact that can have by the most powerful person in the world can be to intimidate, and she said she felt intimidated. >> she was suggesting that further attacks from this president who wrote that everywhere she went turned bad. he said that in realtime. chairman schiff brought up that tweet during the hearing later calling it witness intimidation in realtime. here he goes. >> the president implicitly threatened you in that call record, and now the president in realtime is attacking you. ...

Former ambassador of ukraine marie marie yovanovitch. and in the process the president may have created another article of impeachment against the president. >> ambassador yovanovitch, as we sit here testifying the president is attacking you on twitter. and id like to give you a chance to respond. ill read part of one of his tweets. everywhere marie yovanovitch went turned bad. she started off in somalia, how did that go? he goes onto say later in the tweet its a u.s. presidents absolute right t...