议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)嘲笑唐纳德·特朗普总统在作证时攻击前美国驻乌克兰大使玛丽·约瓦诺维奇(Marie Yovanovitch)或告密者的可信度，警告他此举是对她的领导能力的直接挑战。
佩洛西说，特朗普和华盛顿的任何人都明白总统的话会产生巨大的反响，“他不应该轻率地辱骂别人，但他就是这么做的。”周日早上在哥伦比亚广播公司发表讲话面向国家佩洛西说，特朗普在白宫的行为比前总统理查德·尼克松的行为“糟糕得多”。她为弹劾程序辩护，并警告特朗普不要试图恐吓或骚扰目前匿名的乌克兰告密者。
“我会确保他不会恐吓告密者，”佩洛西在接受采访时说面向国家主持人玛格丽特·布伦南，周日早上播出。"当你追捕告密者时，我告诉总统你在我的操舵室里."
佩洛西接着说，特朗普侮辱了这位前美国驻乌克兰大使，因为他在白宫“以冒名顶替者的身份表现出不安全感”。
当被问及特朗普本周在现场公开证词中对约瓦诺维奇的广泛批评时，佩洛西质疑总统自己甚至入主白宫的能力。特朗普声称“[·约瓦诺维奇的一切都变坏了”共和党人，包括前克林顿检察官肯尼思·史塔，受到惩罚特朗普为现场嘲弄。
“他知道，嗯，他犯了一个错误，他知道她的力量，他试图破坏它，”佩洛西回答。“总统当然会任命大使，但人们不会侮辱人，尤其是在美国国会作证时...我认为部分原因是他自己作为冒名顶替者的不安全感...他很清楚自己在办公室里，不知所措。所以他不得不贬低其他人。”
佩洛西重申美国情报机构和告密者是政府不可分割的一部分，并指出总统和他的政府犯下的罪行。
佩洛西说:“这一点非常重要，尤其是在情报方面，一个足够勇敢的人指出权力的真相，然后通过特朗普任命的监察长的过滤，监察长发现这一点非常重要，然后采取下一步行动。”佩洛西指出，如果特朗普选择这样做，他将有机会在公开论坛上反驳这些指控。
佩洛西补充道:“总统可以直接来到委员会前，畅所欲言，畅所欲言。”他指出特朗普和共和党人抱怨弹劾调查是对其总统任期的片面攻击。
“他有充分的机会陈述自己的观点，”她说，反驳了共和党国会议员吉姆·乔丹和德文·努恩斯的这一频繁声明。
“这真是一件悲哀的事情。我的意思是，总统的所作所为比理查德·尼克松的所作所为还要糟糕得多，”她说，呼应了众议院议长上周发表的言论小山。
唐纳德·特朗普总统在美国众议院议长南希·佩洛西的陪同下，于2月5日在DC华盛顿的美国国会大厦发表国情咨文。
NANCY PELOSI WARNS TRUMP AGAINST HARASSING WHISTLEBLOWER: 'YOU'RE IN MY WHEELHOUSE'
Speaker Nancy Pelosi ridiculed President Donald Trump for attacking the credibility of former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch or the whistleblower during testimony, cautioning him that such a move is a direct challenge to her leadership.
Pelosi said Trump and anyone else in Washington understands that the president's words have massive repercussions and "he should not frivolously throw out insults, but that's what he does." Speaking Sunday morning on CBS' Face the Nation, Pelosi said Trump's actions in the White House are "much worse" than those of former President Richard Nixon. She defended the impeachment process and warned Trump against trying to intimidate or harass the currently anonymous Ukraine whistleblower.
"I will make sure he does not intimidate the whistleblower," Pelosi said in an interview with Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan,which aired Sunday morning. "I told the president you're in my wheelhouse when you come after the whistleblower."
Pelosi went on to say Trump insulted the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine out of "his own insecurity as an imposter" in the White House.
When asked specifically of Trump's widely criticized comments about Yovanovitch during live public testimony this week, Pelosi challenged the president's own ability to even be in the White House. Trump claimed "everywhere [Yovanovitch] went turned bad." Republicans, including former Clinton prosecutor Kenneth Starr, chastised Trump for the live mockery.
"He knows, well, he made a mistake and he knows her strength and he was trying to undermine it," Pelosi replied. "Of course presidents appoint ambassadors but people don't insult people especially when they're giving testimony before the Congress of the United States...I think part of it is his own insecurity as an imposter...he knows full well he's in that office way over his head. And so he has to diminish everyone else."
Pelosi reiterated the U.S. intelligence community and the whistleblower are integral parts of the government, calling out alleged misdeeds made by the president and his administration.
"This is really important, especially when it comes to intelligence, that someone who would be courageous enough to point out truth to power and then through the filter of a Trump appointed inspector general who found it of urgent concern and then took it to the next steps," Pelosi said, noting Trump will have an opportunity to refute the claims in a public forum should he choose to do so.
"The president could come right before the committee and talk, speak all the truth that he wants if he wants," Pelosi added, noting Trump and Republicans' complaints that the impeachment inquiry has been a one-sided attack on his presidency.
"He has every opportunity to present his case," she said, rebuking this frequent claim from GOP Congressmen Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes.
"It's really a sad thing. I mean, what the president did was so much worse than even what Richard Nixon did," she said, echoing remarks the House Speaker made just last week, as reported by The Hill.
President Donald Trump, flanked by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, delivers the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 5.
