A career diplomat of 33 years, Marie Yovanovitch was abruptly removed from her post in Ukraine following what she deemed a smear campaign led by the President's personal attorney.
for"private interests … not the public good".
She defended her record as a diplomat, stating that:"Let me be clear on who we are and how we serve this country … we are professionals. We are public servants who, by vocation and training, pursue the policies of the President, regardless of who holds that office." Mr Trump later took to Twitter to attack Ms Yovanovitch, claiming that,"everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad".
"I can't speak to what the President is trying to do but I think the effect is to be intimidating," she said.
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