Doing their business. This might actually start on time. Mike pompeo doesnt get enough attention. There is two scenarios, he was helping to orchestrate the off book Political Campaign run by donald trump and Rudy Giuliani, or he was oblivious to what was being done to all of his employees. He was asked repeatedly to defend her, and we have on the record in testimony a call from the State Department to yovanovitch at 1 00 in the morning where they say we need to get you out on the next plane. What did he do . I think the fact pattern is just as par real for mike cpompeo as trump. We know that mike pompeo was listening in on the phone call of which donald trump said of that former ambassador. That bad woman, bad things are going to happen to her and her former boss, secretary pompeo didnt do anything. Lisa, you work at the State Department for a republican administration. What impact does this have on the state Department Today and in the future. I agree with nicole that i think pompeo w
luck. i m glad i was able to read that into the record so the american people know the very first call that the president trump had with president zelensky. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. mr. chairman i have a parliamentary inquiry. i do want to comment i have a point of order under h-res 660 will the chairman continue to prohibit the witness from answering republican questions as you have done all this week. not a proper point of order, the gentlewoman will fwhot recognized. i have a point of order. the gentleman is not recognized. there are transcripts that have not been released. the ranking member was allowed to exceed the opening
while the vice president was making plans to attend the inauguration that you instructed the vice president not to attend zelensky s inauguration. i have a point of order. we know clearly you re going to interrupt us throughout this hearing. the gentlewoman is not recognized. chairman gentleman is not recognized. today we re joined by ambassador marie yovanovitch. she was born in canada to parents that flaed the soviet union and the nazis. she became a naturalized american at 3 and entered the foreign service in 1986. she has been nominated by presidents of both partiepartie. george w. bush nominated her to serve for the republic where she serve from 2005 to 2008.