Former Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko was working to remove former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch from office, while Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov warned her of Lutsenko’s efforts. Another former Prosecutor-General, Viktor Shokin, lied to the U.S. embassy in an attempt to receive a visa. And U.S. President Donald Trump called into a meeting held between Lutsenko and the President’s personal lawyer, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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Hromadske: What Yovanovitch’s testimony revealed about Ukrainian politics
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch flanked by lawyers, aides and Capitol police, leaves the U.S. Capitol Oct. 11, 2019 in Washington, D,C.
