“The tweet was not a threat to the witness, it was just the opinion of the president, to which he has the right. This is not a judicial process, but a bipartisan political process or, more precisely, a completely illegal farce directed against the president, ”Risha Novosti quoted Grisham as saying.

Earlier, trump criticized the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Jovanovic, while she spoke with Congress in impeachment.

He also noted that "the new Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky, spoke negatively about her during a telephone conversation."

Earlier, The Washington Post, referring to Yovanovitch’s notes prepared for a congressional speech, wrote that Trump personally sought her resignation.