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And then in the midst of her testimony, the president tweeted out in part that everything she touched, you know, went bad. so how did this just under mine the republican's position that the president, you know, was motivated by weeding out corruption. >> it undermines that. it appears to lay plain the fact that the ambassador yovanovitch was an impediment to the plan. i think she became a very sympathetic and vulnerable witness after the tweet. and clearly the republicans appeared shaken by this tweet understanding that while it may not be actionable intimidatioin

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. >> so how o could this undermine republicans who say the president was motivated by weeding out corruption? >> if the republicans are traying to make that case, that the president was never attacking yovanovitch it's difficult to see how that broadside of a tweet, holding a very junior officer responsible for some maulia by does not pass the smell test, that's a harder argument to make that there isn't att...

Efforts to work in partnership with those offices. i didn't deal with mr. shokin directly but i did deal with some of his underlings as part of the training process. it was our sense generally speaking he was not helpful at all to the u.s. and our international partners efforts to weed out systemic corruption in ukraine. >> i ask that question, because in the july 25 phone call the president famously said that shokin was treated badly and was a very fair person. it doesn't sound like that comports with your assessment while there? >> yes. you'd have to ask what he's basing his assessment on. m...

By the way, that fits with the president's message of draining the swamp and wanting to be tough on crime. in albany, preet bharara has shaken the foundations of our capital. whether you're democrat or republican, he's been an equal opportunist when it comes to weeding out corruption. certainly he was happy to stay on. this disrupt rehearsversal is v concerning. we don't know who's coming in next and it's going to be some very big shoes to fill as the previous caller said in order to get that same type of corruption and crime fighting capabilities that mr. bharara had. it's really a shame beca...

Republicans to talk about their agenda. donald trump said this on twitter. "people must remember that obama care doesn't work and it's not affordable. 116% increases. his example is arizona. bill clinton called it crazy. then he kinds of lit a fire under house republicans after they voted late last night to weaken the house's official office of congressional ethics. an independent panel in charge of weeding out corruption. the secret vote took place behind closed doors despite opposition from ryan and other leaders. president-elect trump weighed in on twitter. with all that congress has to wor...