Intimidation among key takeaways from the Trump impeachment hearing with Marie Yovanovitch

WASHINGTON – Marie Yovanovitch told lawmakers she had only U.S. interests in mind while serving as ambassador to Ukraine at an impeachment inquiry hearing Friday during which President Donald Trump tweeted insults at her.

Yovanovitch, 61, also tried to dismiss debunked GOP claims that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. elections, and agreed that the military aid the Trump administration endorsed – and is now at the heart of the investigation – has benefited the Eastern European country in its war against Russia.

Yovanovitch, recalled as ambassador in May after falling out of Trump's favor, is a key witness in the House impeachment inquiry into the president's efforts to pressure the East European country to investigate his political rivals.