I have read to page 200 of 317 pages of Yovanovitch's testimony, and here is what I have gathered so far.
Prosecutor General Shokin was a very crooked guy who had close ties to President Poroshenko. Poroshenko and Shokin were the godfathers to each other's children.
Shokin was so corrupt that the European Union, the IMF, and the people of the Ukraine called for his removal. Shokin's corruption revolved around selective prosecutions of political enemies. Kind of like Trump is trying to do these days.
Shokin "investigated" Burisma but got nowhere. However, just to keep their political enemies on the hook, the prosecutor will not close an investigation and will keep it open.
After the US (by way of Biden) and the IMF and the EU and everyone but Russia called for Shokin to be removed, he finally was. When Biden used to brag about Shokin's removal, he made it sound like he was solely responsible for getting rid of the guy. He gave himself more credit than he was due.
But then Shokin was replaced by Lutsenko. Lutsenko is not even a lawyer! Yet he was appointed as Prosecutor General. They had to actually pass a law and change their constitution to allow Lutsenko to be made the Prosecutor General.
Lutsenko was also close to Poroshenko and also just as corrupt as Shokin. However, the Ukrainian people were rising up and revolting against all the naked corruption and it became obvious that a reformer, Zelensky, was going to be the next President, and it was assumed he would boot Lutsenko to the curb (which he did), and so there was no movement by the international community to get rid of Lutsenko since it was obvious he was going to be booted soon.
Under Lutsenko, there was this special prosecutor named Kholodnitsky. Kholodnitsky was caught on tape coaching witnesses on how to avoid prosecution in cases that were before his office.
This was "beyond the pale" in the words of Ambassador Yovanovitch. And yet Lutsenko did not fire Kholodnitsky. So that tells you how corrupt Lutsenko was.
So the Ukrainian people are sick and tired of this shit, and in comes Zelensky the reformer by a huge landslide.
The next thing you know, Rudy Giuliani is keeping regular company with Lutsenko, the former corrupt General Prosecutor.
Actually, Giuliani has been conducting business in Ukraine for over a decade under the corrupt regimes of Poroshenko and Yanukovych (a total Russian stooge who ran to Russia after he was booted out). Giuliani has been moving in Russian circles, as well.
Giuliani begins using the thoroughly corrupt Lutsenko's political connections to build a hoax case against Joe Biden. Rudy begins a shadow diplomacy campaign and he has to take out our real ambassador (Yovanovitch) in order to become the sole voice of America whispering in the ear of the new regime.
At Giuliani's bidding, Lutsenko invents a totally bullshit "list of people not to prosecute" he says was given to him by Yovanovitch.
Lutsenko has since recanted all these hoaxes. There was no dirt on Biden, there was no active investigation into Burisma when Hunter Biden joined the board, there was no "list of people not to prosecute". He was just trying to please Giuliani and Trump.
And now this just in: Exclusive: Giuliani associate now willing to comply with Trump impeachment inquiry - lawyer
Parnas would be a crucial witness if he were to cooperate. He has said he played a key role in connecting Giuliani to Ukrainian officials during Giuliani’s investigation into Biden and his son Hunter.
It's cute how you think this is real stuff.