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Marie Yovanovitch: He thought it was very dangerous that Ukraine, since its independence, has had bipartisan support from both Democrats…

On the recordNovember 3, 2019
He thought it was very dangerous that Ukraine, since its independence, has had bipartisan support from both Democrats and Republicans all these years, and that to start kind of getting into U.S. politics, into U.S. domestic politics was a dangerous place for Ukraine to be.
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Marie Yovanovitch

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Yovanovitch recounts a conversation with a Ukrainian official expressing concerns about Ukraine's involvement in U.S. domestic politics.

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