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Marie Yovanovitch (center) arrives for a closed-door deposition

The former US Ambassador has said in the Ukraine, the legislator, she was dismissed over "unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives".

Marie Yovanovitch said she was "skeptical" on the dismissal of President Donald Trump in may.

your statement is part of an impeachment investigation against The President of the USA.

The democratic probe Biden is not in whether Mr Trump is set properly under pressure, to examine the Ukraine, his political rival, Joe.

It was triggered by a whistleblower complaint about a July Call between the Republican President and his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky

During the conversation, Mr Trump described Ms Yovanovitch as the "Bad News ", according to the released by the White house.

The decision to dismiss you, some months previously, allegedly, the US President, the personal attorney Rudy Giuliani , and other conservatives followed argue That she was biased against The President .

Democrats believe That they had been driven, in part, because she insisted That the requests of Mr. Giuliani Ukrainian officials, which will be forwarded for an investigation into Mr Biden should, through official channels, the BBC's Gary O ' says Donoghue in Washington.

Mr. Giuliani had worked in the Ukraine The Authorities press to investigate unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against Mr Biden and his son Hunter, who was connected with a Ukrainian company.

Mr. Giuliani is increasingly under the control of his work for The President . Asked by reporters on Friday, when Mr Giuliani was with his lawyer, Mr. Trump a lot of not answered ambiguously: "I know it. He is a very good lawyer, and he was my lawyer. "

What has been said by The Ambassador ?

"I understand That I served at The Pleasure of The President ," Ms Yovanovitch, said in a prepared statement", I was still skeptical That the US government decided to remove The Ambassador is based, as well as I can say, on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. "

you said That you know, Mr Giuliani's reasons for the attack on you.

"just As fictional is the idea said That I Am disloyal to President Trump," Ms Yovanovitch. "I heard the accusation in the media, I ignore allegedly told The Embassy team, charged with the commands of The President ", because he was. 'That the claim is false. "

In her prepared remarks, delivered to the 33-year-old veteran of The Foreign service and three-time Ambassador, a sharp rebuke to a U.S. Department of State "is attacked and hollowed out from the inside", where "private interests circumvent professional diplomats for their own benefit, not the common good."

they warned of the damage to come in the USA when "bad actors" realize "how easy it is fiction and innuendo to manipulate our system".

Ms Yovanovitch said she had never met or spoken with Hunter Biden and Joe Biden had never raised with her the subject matter, the son or the Ukrainian gas company, which employed him.

she also said That she had learned That the Lord had called Trump, your decline since 2018, despite the Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs John Sullivan told her That she had done nothing wrong.

"He said That The President had lost confidence in me and no longer wanted to serve me, as its Ambassador. He added That there was a concerted campaign against me," Ms Yovanovitch said.

An Obama appointee, Ms. Yovanovitch was confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate and served as U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine, from August 2016 until last may.

The whistleblower complaint noticed her surprise dismissal was a red flag for some officials.

Who else has been called to testify?

house Democrats also heard That earlier this month, Ukraine's special envoy Kurt Volker .

He revealed text messages between U.S. diplomats the documentation of the Trump administration to examine the efforts of Ukraine, the companies, the employees, the Mr Biden's son.

On Friday, The Ambassador of the EU-Gordon Sondland confirmed, he would satisfy the house with a summons before the Democratic-led Committee on the 17. October.

Mr. Sondland first scheduled appearance earlier This Week was blocked by his bosses at The Department of State.

What is the request about?

According to the whistleblower complaint, some of the helpers were concerned, Mr. Trump was soliciting the interference of a foreign government for his personal political interests in his White house Call with President Zelensky.

Democrats have accused Mr. Trump of the withholding tax U.S. aid, to investigate, while urging the Ukraine, the corruption claims against his rival, 2020 Democratic rivals Joe Biden and his son Hunter, together with a Ukrainian gas company.

the officials in Kiev said there is no evidence to support the claim That the Biden camp calls for a smear.

The President denies any wrongdoing. On Thursday, Mr Zelensky said That it was "no blackmail" in The Phone Call .

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Source of news: bbc.com