Did Giuliani Help Get The US Ambassador To Ukraine Recalled?

GREENVILLE, SC - OCTOBER 12: Republican Presidential Candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani sits in a car as his motorcade leaves after making remarks to a group from the Home Builders Association of... GREENVILLE, SC - OCTOBER 12: Republican Presidential Candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani sits in a car as his motorcade leaves after making remarks to a group from the Home Builders Association of Greater Columbia and Greater Columbia Association of Realtors during a campaign stop October 12, 2007 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Shaul Schwarz/Getty Images) MORE LESS

May 20, 2019 11:15 a.m.

What happened to the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine?

The answer seems to be that Rudy Giuliani happened to her.

Marie Yovanovitch, a career civil servant, was recalled from her posting as U.S. ambassador in Kiev on May 6 — months before she was scheduled to leave.

She officially ended her tenure as ambassador today, becoming the most recent career civil servant to be swept away by political maneuvering.

Early this year, Giuliani began meeting with Ukraine’s top prosecutor in New York and Warsaw.

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