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26. What did that come to mean . My understanding, ambassador sondlands use of that term was the three people in charge of ukraine policy during the summer where he, gordon sondland, ambassador volker and secretary perry. What did you come to, when did you come to learn about mr. Giulianis role and what do you consider his role to have been . I first heard about former mayor giulianis interest in ukraine in january of this year, that was a different phase than what happened during the summertime...

Invaded their country. >> yes, sir. >> 100%. >> ambassador taylor, earlier you testified that ukrainian officials did not become aware of potential u.s. assistance withheld until august 29. >> thats my understanding. >> would you find it surprising if a ukrainian official knew about that sooner and did not contact you? >> i can answer that it was only after august 29th when the political-- that i got calls from several of the ukrainian officials. >> copy. mr. kent, had you had any ukrainian offi...

All right. i yield the rest of my time to chairman schiff. >> just a quick question. my colleagues a couple of my colleagues referenced the conversation, the hot mic conversation between president obama and president medvedev. that was in 2012. theres a suggestion that he was saying he was going to go easy on russia over the invasion of ukraine. but that took place two years after that conversation. you had every reason to believe that president obama was referring to going easy on russia for an...

Mr. politico came out in you are try trying to that first week in september. >> gotcha, so after that shepard through issues with allies. ambassador taylor you testified in your prior testimony that you have not august 29th conversation. had any contact with the president of the united states; is that correct? >> thats correct, sir. >> there is a lot of talk >> mr. taylor, mr. kent have you had any contact with the about rudy giuliani and who president of the united was was and wasnt meeting. st...

Meddling. mr. kent, are these the same two investigations president trump asked ukrainian president to initiate in the july 25th meeting, 25th call? >> those appear to be the same issues that were mentioned in the call as well as the media campaign that started in march led by rudy giuliani. >> mr. kent, as the day-to-day state department point person in washington on ukraine policy, were you aware of this effort to persuade president zelensky to issue a statement in order to get a white house m...

U.s. aid? >> it was after the article acae to affect multi-lateral enga engageme engagements. youre trying to shepard through out in that first intense week issues with our allies. one example of that, ambassador of t september. >> after that august 29th taylor, is that you testified in conversation. your prior testimony that you have p not had any contact with the president of the united states, is that correct? >> thats correct, sir. >> mr. taylor, mr. kent, have a lot of talk about rudy you h...