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FOX NEWS' CHRIS WALLACE: "If you are not moved by the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch today, you don't have a pulse." pic.twitter.com/KKDbeGngX8

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2019

In criminal proceedings, intimidating a witness to prevent or influence testimony is a felony.

In impeachment proceedings, obstruction of justice was an article of impeachment against Nixon.

Both facts are relevant to the President smearing Marie Yovanovitch as she testifies. https://t.co/WTe3QpXRlm

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) November 15, 2019

Fox News anchor Bret Baier...said:

“This whole hearing turned on a dime when the president tweeted about her real time,” he said, “and during the questioning Adam Schiff stopped the Democratic questioning to read the tweet to her.”

“That enabled Schiff to then characterize that tweet as intimidating the witness or tampering with the witness, which is a crime. Adding essentially an article of impeachment real time,” Baier
explained.

“That changed this entire dynamic of the first part of this hearing,” he continued. “Republicans now are going to have to take the rest of this hearing to probably try to clean that up.”

And, already, the problem of crying "HEARSAY!"

In her testimony, Marie Yovanovitch said that President Trump’s statements about her “sounded like a threat." @npfandos, @maggieNYT and @nytmike explain more.

Live analysis here: https://t.co/znWGhSQjas pic.twitter.com/7jnb9PMRHx

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 15, 2019