Yovanovitch—who spent more than three decades in the US Foreign Service, with assignments in Somalia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Moscow—described an extraordinary series of events. While she was enforcing the US government’s stated policy of countering corruption in Ukraine, she was undermined by Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer. According to Yovanovitch, Giuliani worked with corrupt Ukrainians who were angered by Yovanovitch’s crackdown to force her out of her position.
