Article snippet: House Democrats hope the public testimony of Marie Yovanovitch on Friday breathes life into their narrative that MORE and his associates carried out a shadow campaign to oust the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine. Yovanovitch, a career diplomat, described to House investigators last month a “dangerous precedent” where the president’s personal lawyer MORE, corrupt Ukrainian officials, and disreputable media figures succeeded in ousting a U.S. ambassador who they saw as standing in the way of their business and political interests. Yovanovitch has testified that she felt “threatened,” “concerned” and uncomfortable upon learning that Trump singled her out during his summer phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Here are five things to watch at the second public impeachment hearing: Will Yovanovitch put a human face on impeachment? Democrats have described Yovanovitch as the first victim of the pressure campaign on Ukraine, one which abruptly and unceremoniously ended the career of the longest-serving diplomat in Europe at the time. The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine testified behind closed doors last month that she was the target of a conservative smear campaign by Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and his associates, because they saw her as an obstacle to Kyiv launching investigations helpful to their business interests and Trump’s reelection campaign. At one point, Yovanovitch got choked up and had to take a break from her deposition, acco... Link to the full article to read more