Article snippet: Two weeks of public testimony has revealed new, damaging details of the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine, but witnesses who come before Congress and the American people have had to pay a price. Witnesses have endured harassment, threats and attacks on their personal character as they are suddenly thrust into public view. Those who’ve given testimony have described such incidents in both closed and open hearings during the impeachment inquiry detailing their experiences related to the Ukraine scandal. MORE himself has tweeted negatively about some of the witnesses, calling them “Never Trumpers,” knocking the quality of their service and questioning their loyalty. Notably, he tweeted about former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine MORE, whom he removed from her post in May, while she testified. “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. She started off in Somalia, how did that go?” he wrote. “Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him. It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors.” Yovanovitch described the tweet as “very intimidating,” saying, “I can’t speak to what the president is trying to do, but I think the effect is to be intimidating.” Democrats accused Trump of engaging in witness intimidation with the tweet, and it's possible his comments could be used in an article of impeachment. Trump has defended the tweet, saying, "I have the right to spea... Link to the full article to read more