Dinner download - Tape surfaces of Trump calling for envoy's firing

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses U.S mayors ain the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Halfway through a dinner at the Trump Hotel, U.S. President Donald Trump can be heard giving the order to remove the U.S ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, according to a video that surfaced on Saturday.

The video, obtained by Reuters from Lev Parnas' attorney Joseph Bondy, begins with Trump posing for photos then entering a room with a table set for 15 including a close-up of the president's place setting.