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Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and what the potential was for russian meddling in the future. so, you know, classic for an intelligence officer to try to throw off the scent and 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 invest...

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 russian meddling in the future. so you know, classic for an intelligence officer to try to throw off the subsequecent and an alternative narrative that would get some credence. >> an alternative narrative that would absolve his own wrong doing? >> yeah. >> correspondent for gq magazine and msnbc analyst thank you very much for being here. big fan of your work and...

President potentially. breaking ranks, potentially encouraging other witnesses to step forward. >> the impeachment inquiry didnt just develop behind closed doors yesterday. it was also in full view to all americans as marie yovanovitch testified in a dramatic public hearing. the former ukraine ambassadors testimony painting a bigger picture surrounding the white houses dealings in ukraine. but one of the biggest headlines coming out of the hearing was president trump tweeting during her testimon...

Embassy official david holmess in in a closed-door meeting he confirmed president trump asked the ukrainians about the bidens. that after dramatic public testimony by the former ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. the ambassador receiving a standing ovation following her testimony and also drew allegations of witness intimidation by president trump. >> now the president in realtime is attacking you. what affect do you think that has on other witnesses willingless no come forward and expose ...

United states to help us out, what do you make of that being the strategy, to try in some way to throw this person out there, which would endanger their safety? >> sure. i mean, look, i think that the republicans attempt here is to find anything thats a distractor. so, presumably, they want to out the whistle-blower so they can then point to one particular thing in his background and say, see, this means hes not credible or see, this means hes partisan, so lets talk about this and not about the ...

Willingness to come forward and 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. >> well, i want to let you know, ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously. >> that was testimony earlier today. there is going to be more testimony from marie yovanovitch. in terms of what to expect now just in the coming hours...

Something that we view in isolati isolation. its part of a pattern of the president of the united states. a pattern that goes back to praising paul manafort for not cooperating, condemning michael cohen as a rat, because he was cooperating with authorities. attacking other witnesses who come forward suggesting that we ought to treat those like the whistle-blower who exposed wrongdoing in his administration was we treat traitors and spies and we used to execute traitors and spies. this is a part ...

I yield back. >> mr. chairman may i be recognized for a motion? >> no. i have concluding remarks. ambassador, i want to thank you for your decades of service. i want to thank you as mr. maloney said for being the first one through the gap. what you did in coming forward and answering a lawful subpoena was to give courage to others that also witnessed wrongdoing that, they, too, could show the same courage you have, could stand up, speak out, answer questions they could endure whatever threats, i...

They couldnt issue such a statement because they feared it would be undercut by the president? >> yes? >> in a remarkable moment under already extraordinary circumstances the president began tweeting attacks against yovanovitch as she was testifying. house intelligence chairman adam schiff asked yovanovitch to react. >> and now the president in real time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses coming forward and expose wrongdoing it. >> its very intimidating? >> it...

States, the president of the united states, president trump, says, i would like you to do us a favor, though.""i would like s a favor, though." there it is up on your screen because our country has been through a lot and ukraine knows a lot about it. doesnt mention corruption. doesnt mention anything. he mentions crowdstrike then goes on to mention joe biden. he goes on to ask him to investigate the debunk conspiracy theory that ukraine was behind the 2016 election interference and not russia. a...