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Former Ambassador To Ukraine Says She Was Told To 'Watch Her Back'

Marie Yovanovitch said she found out from Ukrainian officials that Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and his now-arrested associates were targeting her and wanted a different person on the job.

Updated 1:38 p.m. EST

Congressional investigators released the first transcripts of closed-door testimonies from individuals at the center of the Ukraine affair, which has landed President Trump in an impeachment inquiry.

The transcripts are of the hours-long depositions of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley, a former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Yovanovitch, who has decades of diplomatic experience, was recalled as ambassador, and Trump.

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