Chairman reserves the right to call recess. make an Opening Statement and representative nunes will make an Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. As chairman ill take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order to ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In april, 2019 the United States ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was in kiev when she was called by a Senior State Department official and told to get on the next plane back to washington. Upon her return to d. C. She was informed by her superiors that altho
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[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Good morning, everyone. This is the second in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the houses impeachment inquiry, without objection the chairman reserves the right to call recess. make an Opening Statement and representative nunes will make an Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. As chairman ill take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order to ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In april, 201
Democrats. Today, a third career diplomat will testify, Marie Yovanovitch who was fired from her po ambassador of the ukraine. She was fired in may. I want to bring in mary bruce on capitol hill. Shes going to say that President Trump fired her after what she called a Smear Campaign from Rudy Giuliani. Reporter george, Marie Yovanovitch says she was fired from her job for essentially doing her job. Saying the president lost confidence in her, and now she will have a chance before the American People to tell her side of the story. She said she was blindsided when she was forced out of more than three decades of public service, and she was shocked and even felt threatened when the president said she was bad news. Democrats will argue shes the first victim of the president s shadow diplomacy in ukraine. They are going to use the ambassador to try and put a personal face to their argument. They will say that she was forced out for standing in the way of the politically motivated investigat
Hearing of tchment inquiry. Wednesday. This mornings witness former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. She has already arrived at the hill this morning. More than 30 years she spent a veteran of the u. S. Foreign Service Serving under both republican and democratic president s. She became a target of President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani and was ousted by the president earlier this year. Helping us follow it all this morning we have chuck todd our meet the press moderator in washington. Andrea mitchell is here. Richard engel and former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weisman now an nbc news legal analyst. Lets start on the hill. Nbcs jeff bennett at his post with what to expect this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Marie yovanovitch has been a Foreign Service officer for some 33 years serving in six president ial administrations, three times as an ambassador in hot spots all around the world, two times appointed by a republican president in