then knock me over with a feather, this happened today. >> now, are you familiar with these allegations of ukrainian interference in the 2016 election? >> i mean, there have been rumors out there about things like that. but, you know, there was nothing hard at least nothing that i was aware of. >> there's nothing based in fact to support these allegations? >> yes. >> and, in fact, who was responsible for interfering and meddling in the 2016 election? >> well, the u.s. intelligence community has concluded that it was russia. >> ambassador yovanovitch, are you aware that in february of 2017 vladimir putin himself promoted this theory of ukrainian interference in the