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Intelligence officer to try to throw off the scent and, you know, create an alternative narrative that maybe might get picked up and get some credence. >> an alternative narrative that would absolve his own wrongdoing? >> yeah. >> yeah. turns out this thing that trump has been spinning, this weird thing about ukraine interfering in the election. i want you to announce an investigation into that. hes spinning that exactly the way that vladimir putin has been spinning it. and the way that russian ...

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 ...

>> as we sit here testifying, the president is attacking you on twitter. and i would 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 on to say, later in the tweet, a u.s. presidents absolute right to appoint ambassadors. first of all, ambassador yovanovitch, the senate hes a chance to confirm or deny an ambassador, do they not? >> yes, advise and consent. >> would you like...

Take military action against ukraine, is that right? >> the russians always look for vulnerabilities, and they know that the united states has supported ukraine. >> they could have pounced? >> they could have taken advantage. >> now, how would this theory of ukraine interference in the 2016 election be in vladimir putins interest? >> well, i mean, president putin must have been aware that there were concerns in the u.s. about russian meddling in the 2016 elections, and what the potential was for...

>> 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...

Yovanovitch. yovanovitch claimed that she had been a victim of a smear campaign that led to her being removed from her position in ukraine. president trump responded by tweeting derogatory remarks about her service which led to this exchange. >> now the president in real time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> well, it is very intimidating. >> very intimidating. all right. elizabeth holtzman is a former mem...

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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...

Expose wrongdoing? >> well, its very intimidating. >> its designed to intimidate, is it not? >> i mean, i cant speak to what the president is trying to do but i think the effect is to be intimidating. >> so the president of the united states attacks a 33-year vet on of the foreign service, a former ambassador to ukraine on twitter. hes insulting and intimidating a witness during his impeachment inquiry, and he does this while his political advisor is about to be found guilty of witness tampering...

Including maria yovanovitch testifying as president trump tweeted about her. >> he said, well, shes going to go through some things. what did you think when president trump told president zelensky, and you read that you were going to go through some things? >> shes going to go through some things. it didnt sound good. it sounded like a threat. >> did you feel threatened? >> i did. >> as we sit here testifying the president is attacking you on twitter. what effect do you think that has on other w...