In the wake of the negative press, State Department officials suggested an earlier departure, and we agreed upon July 2019. What did you think when President Trump told President Zelensky and you read that you were going to "go through some things?" SCHIFF: Well, I want to let you know, ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously. CASTOR: And did you undertake any efforts to -- to push back on this narrative, either inside the State Department or publicly? Because I think that the State Department felt that it wasn't manageable anymore, and that the -- the mor

Source: Washington Post November 16, 2019 17:48 UTC