Ousted Ambassador Describes ‘Crisis’ at State Department

Marie Yovanovitch, the former top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, described a “crisis” at the State Department during her public impeachment testimony on Friday, voicing concern that the agency’s failure to protect foreign service officials who faced attacks for their work overseas put U.S. interests at risk, The Hill reports.

Yovanovitch described a smear campaign led by Rudy Giuliani, corrupt Ukrainian officials and disreputable media figures who successfully facilitated her removal as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in May.