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Marie Yovanovitch testifies in front of Congress in former President Trump's first impeachment hearing.Associated Press
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Marie Yovanovitch, the US's former ambassador to Ukraine, wrote in her new book that she lost her appetite and couldn't finish her french fries while watching the press conference with Putin.

Yovanovitch was the US's ambassador to Ukraine when Trump and Putin met. She writes in her memoir, "Lessons From the Edge," that the US Navy was conducting maritime exercises with Ukraine in a show of solidarity against Russia.

I watched the display of US sea power and leadership and it was quite a show. The book says that I was proud to be an American.

The summit wrapped up with a joint press conference between the two leaders, a spectacle that left observers pondering the depths to which Trump had.

The book says that he watched the press conference while eating french fries in his hotel room.

Trump's presser with Putin shocked US allies and provoked severe backlash from national security and foreign policy experts. He didn't see any reason why Russia would have interfered in the election.

When asked if he believed the US intelligence community or Putin, Trump said that he was extremely strong and powerful in his denial.

Yovanovitch writes in her memoir that what was said publicly was what Trump said in the two-hour one-on-one meeting with Putin. That raised a lot of questions.

After being criticized for his handling of the press conference, Trump read from a written statement, saying that he misspoke when he said he didn't see why Russia would have interfered in the election.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he had full faith in US intelligence agencies and wanted to clarify his statements from the bilateral summit.

Yovanovitch made headlines as one of the key witnesses in the first impeachment inquiry, which centered on his efforts to strong-arm the Ukrainian government into publicly announcing investigations into the Biden family ahead of the 2020 US election.

More than a dozen witnesses, including Yovanovitch, testified about Trump's pressure campaign, which included withholding nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine and dangling a White House meeting for Ukraine's president while demanding the investigations.

Yovanovitch was recalled to the US before the end of her term as ambassador to Ukraine because of corrupt forces in the US and Ukraine.

She said that she was shocked and devastated when she learned of the July call between Trump and Zelenskyy, in which Trump pressured Zelenskyy to investigate the Bidens.

Legal experts said that Trump's attacks against Yovanovitch amounted to witness intimidation.

Yovanovitch said they were very intimidating when asked to respond.

Insider reached out to the office of Trump.

The original article is on Business Insider.

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