Article snippet: A senior diplomat offered a grim picture of MORE’s contacts with Ukraine, testifying before Congress that the president’s personal lawyer carried out a “campaign of lies” in order to oust the top U.S. diplomat to Kiev, according to new documents made public Thursday. George Kent, a senior State Department official, told House impeachment investigators last month in closed-door testimony that Giuliani had cozied up to corrupt foreign officials and disreputable media figures to smear former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, supporting testimony from multiple other witnesses who said the campaign ultimately led to her removal in May. Giuliani has argued that Yovanovitch was removed for being disloyal to MORE. Yet Kent painted a much different scene, one where a corrupt Ukrainian prosecutor had “vowed revenge” on the most veteran U.S. diplomat in Europe — one engaged in anti-corruption efforts in Kiev — and Giuliani sided with the foreign operator. "Mr. Giuliani, at that point, had been carrying on a campaign for several months full of lies and incorrect information about Ambassador Yovanovitch, so this was a continuation of his campaign of lies," Kent testified on Oct. 15, according to the transcript released Thursday. “I believe that Mr. Giuliani, as a U.S. citizen, has First Amendment rights to say whatever he wants, but he's a private citizen,” Kent continued. “His assertions and allegations against former Ambassador Yovanovitch were without basis [an... Link to the full article to read more