AMBASSADOR/CORRUPTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “President Trump on Friday [11-15-19] attacked Marie L. Yovanovitch, the former United States ambassador to Ukraine he summarily removed this year, even as she testified in the impeachment inquiry about how she felt threatened by Mr. Trump. Did his behavior amount to witness tampering? If the question is what could be charged in court, the answer is probably not. But impeachment is not limited to ordinary crimes. As House Democrats weigh bringing articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump — including one potentially based on his obstruction of congressional investigations — the president’s Twitter onslaught may well have handed them more fodder. As Ms. Yovanovitch was telling the House Intelligence Committee about the devastation and fear she felt this year when she was targeted first by Mr. Trump’s allies and later by the president himself during a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Mr. Trump fired off a tweet denigrating her anew.”
-Charlie Savage and Michael D. Shear, “Trump Attack on Envoy During Testimony Raises Charges of Witness Intimidation,” The New York Times online, November 15, 2019