Fact-checking Tucker Carlson’s false claim about the testimony of former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine

[tulc]

Tucker Carlson’s claim about Yovanovitch is wrong

Carlson said Yovanovitch claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."

Yovanovitch, based on the transcript that Carlson and others have access to, made no such claim. Yovanovitch never said she didn’t respond to the staffer. Yovanovitch did say she did not respond to a second email. But she alluded to replying to an initial email.

We rate Carlson’s claim False.

tulc(hopes this helps correct any misunderstandings)