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President himself simultaneously pressuring ukraine that they need to give him these investigations he wants to help him for 2020. the president himself questioning the aid to ukraine, ordering the aid to ukraine, thats in writing now we now know. second at least two officials at the white house resigned over the president putting this hold on military aid to ukraine. third, multiple officials overtly expressed that the hold might be illegal, including telling the guy -- the guy they were tellin...

Up on the aid. the career staff that are supposed to execute an order like that, they all raise red flags. you want us to do what now? isnt that illegal? i think were going to need to run this by the lawyers. the white house response to that we now know by taking the career staff member whos literally supposed to sign the paperwork to hold up the money, mark sandy, they took him off this job. this part of his job where he signs off on the money either being dispersed or held up, that part of his...

President personally. the president has reportedly seen something in the media about the u.s. giving aid to ukraine. that sparks him having questions about that aid. we dont exactly know what he might have seen in the media. i can tell you that there was this defense department press release the previous day on june 18th announcing the u.s. military aid for ukraine. so maybe he saw that press release or saw something in the press about that that bugged him. regardless, thats when the paper trail...

At least two of the officials resigned. third, multiple officials overtly expressed that the hold might be illegal, including telling the guy that -- the guy they were telling to sign the paperwork to implement the hold. hes one of the people who told them, hey, this might be an illegal thing youre asking me to do. i think we should bring this to the lawyers. in response, that guy was replaced by a trump appointee who had said this was the presidents wish, who had ordered it done, and who had be...

New testimony tonight that the witness himself, mr. sandy himself, also raised concerns about that law, about the possibility that what the president was trying to do here, withholding this aid to ukraine, was an illegal act. after a trump appointee named michael duffy told mark sandy to sign the paperwork officially putting a hold on the aid to ukraine, mark sandy says this. quote, so on that day i emphasized that would raise a number of questions that we would need to address. and so i advised...

Office. his boss comes to talk to him, this political appointee michael duffy comes to talk to him and tells him now since hes been on vacation its now longer just the president asking questions about the aid to ukraine, the president is now ordering that aid to ukraine be stopped. and again theres a paper trail. mark sandy, quote, when i returned from leave july 18th i was informed of the presidents direction to hold military support funding for ukraine. who communicated that to you? >> mike du...

Mark sandy says, quote, im aware of one individual from the budget review division who expressed similar concerns. were those concerns expressed to you? answer, on one occasion i definitely recall. question, who was that one individual? the name is redacted. what did that redacted persons name tell you? she made a general comment that reflected the concern about ath apportionments. her concerns were visa vi the impoundment control act. visa vi the law that says once congress has appropriated the...

He says he wants to go to it lawyers on this. well, of course in this scandal that will not do. and so the way this unspools and the way we can now see it in a way we didnt know about before this deposition tonight -- the way this unspools is that the president has ordered this hold up on the aid. the career staff that are supposed to execute an order like that, they all raise red flags. you want us to do what now? isnt that illegal? i think were going to need to run this by the lawyers. the whi...

>> now, it bears noting that even before sondland had finished his testimony today the president used a time-honored technique of his and started distancing himself from his own political appointee, a man who gave his inauguration effort $1 million, gordon sondland. saying he, quote, hardly knows the gentleman. its a talking point the president first used about a week ago. and sondland was just the first half of this marathon day. just this evening we heard testimony from senior pentagon officia...

Campaign was at its apex. so i mean, thats all happened. thats all come out tonight. since the yovanovitch testimony at this dramatic hours long hearing today. i should also tell you tomorrow theres going to be another close-door deposition. for the first time, an official from the white house office of management and budget is going to be testifying. we believe that the official whos going to testify tomorrow from omb will be able to describe what appears to have been a strange process inside t...