those animals to have help from washington and, in particular, for the from the president of the united states. because, of course, marie ivanovich would go on to be ousted from her post by president donald trump. and when he was impeached for trying to extort the ukrainian government for his own personal, gain the former ambassador would become a central witness in that impeachment. one thing that comes through in marie ivanovich's book, we're counting all this, called lessons from the, edge is her absolute disbelief at the path that her life was taking as all this unfolded. we now know that president trump was involved in a multi-pronged effort to pressure the iranian government to manufacture dirt on joe biden and that he ultimately withheld vital money and weapons and a coveted white house meeting from ukraine as part of that pressure campaign. we now know that ambassador yovanovitch was perceived as the impediment to their plans, because she was a stalwart