Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch called for an investigation Tuesday into “what happened” after newly released evidence suggested that her movements were being monitored.
Yovanovitch requested the investigation through her lawyer Lawrence Robbins, who issued a statement on her behalf.
“Needless to say, the notion that American citizens and others were monitoring Ambassador Yovanovitch’s movements for unknown purposes is disturbing,” he said in the statement obtained by The Hill. “We trust that the appropriate authorities will conduct an investigation to determine what happened.”
The former ambassador’s calls come after the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform committees released additional evidence to be submitted to the Senate for the impeachment trial.
The evidence included communications between Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas and Connecticut congressional candidate Robert Hyde that hinted that the ambassador was being watched.
“Wow. Can’t believe Trumo hasn’t fired this bitch. I’ll get right in that,” Hyde texted to Parnas, according to the released documents.
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JUST IN: Yovanovitch calls for investigation following evidence released by lawmakers https://t.co/nxDpFnT9eJ pic.twitter.com/NQu16OKRii
— The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2020BREAKING: Ambassador Yovanovitch calls for an investigation into whether she was surveilled.
Her lawyer Lawrence Robbins tells @NBCNews the notion her movements were being monitored is "disturbing" pic.twitter.com/aZLISjtieB— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) January 15, 2020
Um holy sh*t. This certainly makes it sound like Parnas and co. were actively tracking Yovanovitch's movements. This could explain why Yovanovitch was moved out of Ukraine so quickly. https://t.co/4rBRB06ZGN pic.twitter.com/5Gc8WcGPih
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 14, 2020
The more I look over these texts, I am seriously worried they were planning to murder an American diplomat. https://t.co/vVBjCxY3LK
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) January 14, 2020
It’s hard to view this as anything but a plot to kidnap and/or assassinate a sitting United States Ambassador. pic.twitter.com/ShmPd1eMfB
— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) January 15, 2020
Americans of every stripe should stand with Amb. Yovanovitch and join her call for an investigation into the stalking of her movements in Ukraine by members of the President's circle. This can't happen to American officials – especially at the hands of their own government. https://t.co/ZVTq1qpgRu
— Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) January 15, 2020
Full disclosure:
Stalking an ambassador was not on my list of insane and unbelievable shit to come.
This is absolutely beyond the pale. https://t.co/eUpDXrDTCc
— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) January 15, 2020
This ratchets the stakes up a bit. https://t.co/Rf0La1Iafx
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 15, 2020
It’s hard to put in the proper context the gravity of the evidence that has just been voluntarily revealed. An associate of the president’s lawyer, it appears, engaged in a scheme with a GOP cong’l candidate to stalk a US Ambassador and potentially commit an act of violence.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 15, 2020
As a former mafia prosecutor, this sure sounds like a mob hit was being planned on a public servant in a foreign country by associates of the POTUS. A POTUS who said she was “going to go through some things.” This takes Trump’s lawlessness & misogny to new level. https://t.co/Cx5S0u4vQP
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) January 15, 2020
If Rudy has a law license by 2021, the Bar Association should just start certifying mattress tags as law licenses and consider Bar Association meetings as therapy sessions so that people who are unhappy in their profession can share with others who made the wrong choices in life. https://t.co/oBwrznMwXA
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 15, 2020
More on Yovanovitch in this exchange between Parnas and Lutsenko. “She’s not getting away,” Parnas texted. pic.twitter.com/N9WuYEKXC1
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 15, 2020
She fled the country on the next plane because that's how serious a threat **from associates of her own president** was.
This is real Americastan stuff.
The rubicon is about 6 miles behind us.
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) January 15, 2020
Forever. SecState will be silent forever.
He didn’t warn her, despite what he must have known. Her friend in the department did. He didn’t meet with her when she came back.
No way he didn’t know but didn’t go to bat for her because it gained him nothing https://t.co/8G8tvrPEx9 https://t.co/wRKqQPcwGF
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) January 15, 2020
Newly released texts suggest @SecPompeo may have been more deeply involved in the effort to oust Marie Yovanovitch than previously known.
Remember, Giuliani was trying to remove her to clear the way for Trump's corrupt Ukraine extortion plot to proceed:https://t.co/7ZW2OuT46M pic.twitter.com/TffUkakddh
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 16, 2020
Welp, Trump finally got Ukraine to announce an investigation… https://t.co/gxyj5LCPVo
— Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) January 16, 2020
"Which no one is investigating!"
Right, Rudy. For the same reason we don't investigate the people who think the CIA put a radio in their fillings https://t.co/ymCgIH0EZI
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 21, 2020
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