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This influence campaign as a means of ukrainians dig up or manufacture damaging information about the bidens. this notion that rudy giuliani was freelancing it according to sondland was not the case at all. a lot of this testimony was self-absolving. one of the things that sondland says is he was disappointed by president trumps direction for him to work with giuliani, but that he thought it was the only way. sondland thought working with giuliani was the only way to change president trumps mind...

To be self-absolving. you seasoned land in his testimony pointing the finger at energy secretary rick perry and pointing the finger at the former special envoy kurt volker. the three of them were dubbed the three amigos. the takeaway is that gordon sondland plants this entire ukrainian gambit entirely at president trumps feet. he says rudy giuliani was working to support the stated goals of president trump. this backs up the testimony that house investigators have heard and that weve reported on...

Absolving the president of obstruction of justice upon receiving the report that did not ab solve the president of obstruction of justice and keeping it under wraps for weeks while he described the contents in a way that did not reflect the real content. for weeks he selectively quoted it to paint a picture as an exoneration of the president, which was not what it was. he has been launching the kinds of investigations that trump wanted for so long. the kind premised on the idea that the investig...

>> hes a fine man. the job hes done is incredible. he loves the department of justice. he saw what was happening. he has done a spectacular job. now hes in the process of doing something and i stay away from it. i stay away from it. but i think he feels that whats happened in this country was a bad thing and bad for our country. >> he saw what was happening and feels it was a bad thing for our country and hes in the process of doing something about it. what was the thing happening in the justice...

Warmbier at the c-pac. >> he was a special young man and to see what happened was so bad. it was so bad. and a lot of what i do with respect to north korea and any success that we hopefully have -- and weve had a lot. were given no credit. >> so john, what do you make of this idea that to negotiate with kim you cant say anything negative about him even if it means absolving him of responsibility on something like this. so this kind of reminds us of trumps dealings with saudi arabia crown prince ...

Cia investigation that showed the crown prince personally ordered the slaying. he has a list of reasons that he doesnt want to undermine saudi relations and hold them accountable but first and foremost he sees saudi arabia as a counter balance to iran. >> thats right. they hold them at the middle of the center piece of iran strategy. there was nothing new in the statement other than what he said about jamal khashoggi being a part of the muslim brotherhood. that could have been written by the sau...

Another administration official just like eric holder during fast and furious. he was held in contempt of congress and i guess he goes down as one of the great attorney generals of all time. its insane. >> you are right, laura. the old adage is true. if youre hiding something, its usually because you have something to hide. that is what is so troubling. they have had to drag information out to mow others from the fbi or doj come as a relates to the hillary clinton investigation, to the russian i...

Just like eric holder during fast and furious. he was held in contempt of congress and i guess he goes down as one of the great attorneys general of all time. its insane. >> you are right, laura. the old adage is true. if youre hiding something, its usually because you have something to hide. that is what is so troubling. they have had to drag information out, whether its from the fbi or doj, as it relates to the hillary clinton investigation, to the russian investigation. you name it. theyve ha...

Related to trump. couldt you pursue it as it related to hillary clinton? say if you are going to investigate one, you should investigate both. that seems to be the best standard. >> kimberly: it supposed to be fair and impartial, a thorough investigation regardless of political persuasion unless you have a vested interest in it is determined it out nomadic outcome. thank you so much, peter. here with us, tom felton ande gregg jarrett. to get you to comment in terms of the information we heard fr...

Trump. did you pursue it as it related to hillary clinton? i think most people would say if you are going to investigate one, you should investigate both. that seems to be the best stashed, i think. >> that is supposed to be. its supposed to be fair and impartial and do a thorough investigation regardless of political persuasion or ideology unless hav a vested interest in a determinative outcome. all right. thank you so much, peter. appreciate it here with more reaction here tonight our judicial...