The Real Ukraine Controversy: An Activist U.S. Embassy and its Adherence to the Geneva Convention

John Solomon, November 13, 2019

https://johnsolomonreports.com/the-real-ukraine-controversy-an-activist-u-s-embassy-and-its-adherence-to-the-geneva-convention/

The first time I ever heard the name of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was in early March of this year. It did not come from a Ukrainian or an ally of President Trump. It came from a career diplomat I was interviewing on background on a different story.

The diplomat, as I recall, suggested that Yovanovitch had just caused a commotion in Ukraine a few weeks before that country’s presidential election by calling for the firing of one of the prosecutors aligned with the incumbent president.

The diplomat related that a more senior State official, David Hale, was about to travel to Ukraine and was prepping to be confronted about Yovanovitch’s comments. I remember the diplomat joking something to the effect of, “we always say that the Geneva Convention is optional for our Kiev staff.”

The Geneva Convention is the UN-backed pact enacted during the Cold War that governs the conduct of foreign diplomats in host countries and protects them against retribution. But it strictly mandates that foreign diplomats “have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State” that hosts them. You can read the convention’s rules here.

I dutifully checked out my source’s story. And sure as day, Yovanovitch did give a speech on March 5, 2019 calling for Ukraine’s special anticorruption prosecutor to be removed. You can read that here.


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{Three notes:
1. Encourage all to click through and read John's entire article, very important information, he has numerous links to documents and video throughout.
2. When you read "Soros fighting corruption" or "the Soros anti-corruption group," read that as Soros and cronies (many of them US State Dept employees) fighting against his political and business enemies.
3. Note also, the name Victoria Nuland if you haven't read much about her. She is an evil operator from the HRC State Dept that needs to be fully investigated. Not getting in to it here, but the list of seriously bad actions is a long one...}