Trump Fired Ambassador to Ukraine After She Blocked Investigation into Biden, Complaints

Former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was fired by President Trump after she attempted to block Ukraine's investigation into debunked conspiracy theories into former Vice President Biden. Additionally, she was also removed because of complaints from the President's personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

First reported by the Wall Street Journal, Yovanovitch tried to persuade the Ukrainian government not to act on President Trump's pressure that they should investigate Mr. Biden and his son.

In July, Mr. Trump told the President of Ukraine that he wanted him to look into a false allegation that Vice President Biden had pushed Ukraine to fire a prosecutor who was supposedly looking into his son, Hunter.

There is no evidence that Hunter Biden was ever being investigated and the Ukrainian government has also stated that he did nothing wrong.

Nonetheless, the President wanted an investigation into one of his chief political rivals. Ambassador Yovanovitch pushed back against this idea, and was, in part, fired because of it.