Yovanovitch told her security was in jeopardy.

Takeaways from Yovanovitch and McKinley testimony - The Washington Post:

"In perhaps the most intriguing passage — and one that will require more inquiry — Yovanovitch says she was told she needed to return from Ukraine in late April because of concerns about her 'security.'

"She said she spoke at 1 a.m. Ukraine time with Director General of the Foreign Service Carol Perez, who told her to catch the next flight home.

"'She said that there was a lot of concern for me, that I needed to be on the next plane home to Washington,' Yovanovitch said. 'And I was like, what? What happened? And she said, I don’t know, but this is about your security. You need to come home immediately. You need to come home on the next plane.'

"Yovanovitch was pressed on what Perez meant about her 'security,' but Perez didn’t seem to know much:

"YOVANOVITCH: And I said, physical security? I mean, is there something going on here in the Ukraine? Because sometimes Washington has intel or something else that we don’t necessarily know. And she said, no, I didn’t get that impression, but you need to come back immediately. And, I mean, I argued with her. I told her I thought it was really unfair that she was pulling me out of post without any explanation, I mean, really none, and so summarily.

"Q: She didn’t give you an explanation for why it had to be so soon?

"YOVANOVITCH: She said it was for my security, that this was for my well-being, people were concerned.

"Q: What did you understand that to mean?

"YOVANOVITCH: I didn’t know because she didn’t say, but my assumption was that, you know, something had happened, some conversations or something, and that, you know, now it was important that I had to leave immediately because I didn’t really know."

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