Career diplomat Marie Yovanovitch received a rare, emotional standing ovation after she testified about Donald Trump’s threatening intimidation over
Ukraine, and fended off in real time a stunning
Twitter attack from the president.As Ms Yovanovitch delivered her testimony on Capitol Hill, providing a damning portrait of a “smear campaign” against her led by
Rudy Giuliani, Mr Trump's personal lawyer,
Democrats accused the president of seeking to intimidate witnesses, and said his words could be included in any articles of impeachment.