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Lawyer rudy giuliani. "new york times" reporter michael schmidt and his in colleagues write that gordon sondland ambassador to the european union drafted a statement for the countrys new president in august that would have committed ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by mr. trump into his political rivals. "the washington post" says volker told house staff that he, quote, tried to caution giuliani that his sources, including ukraines former top prosecutor were unreliable and that he fo sh...

Gordon sondland, the united states ambassador to the european union, quote, drafted a statement for the countrys new president in august that would have permitted ukraine to pursuing investigations sought by mr. trump into his political rivals. "the washington post" says volker told house staff that he, quote, tried to caution giuliani that his sources, including ukraines former top prosecutor were unreliable and that he should be careful about putting faith in the prosecutors theories. and "the...

Interests funding his attacks against me. im not going anywhere. [ cheers and applause ] you are not going to destroy me and youre not going to destroy my family. i dont care how much money you spend, mr. president, or how dirty the attacks get. trump knows there is no truth in the charges against me, none, zero. every independent news organization that has reviewed the charges at length has found it to be a flat out lie, his assertions. every single one of them. >> while this is happening, vlad...

In a speech in reno. listen. >> now let me make something clear to mr. trump and his hatchet men and the special interests funding the attacks against me, im not going anywhere. [ applause ] >> youre not going to destroy me. youre not going to destroy my family. i dont care how much money you spend, mr. president, or how dirty the attacks get. trump knows there are no truth in the charges against me, none. zero. every independent news organization that has reviewed the charges at length has foun...

One-on-one competition with president trump. of course, he has a primary to get around and thats exactly what hes getting in terms of rhetoric on ukraine. this is what joe biden said last night in reno to the president. >> im not going anywhere. [ cheers and applause ] >> you are not going to destroy me, and youre not going to destroy my family. ye i dont care how much money you spend, mr. president, or how dirty the attacks get. trump knows there are no truth in the charges against me. none. ze...

Trump knows there are no truths in the charges against me. none, zero. every independent news organization that has reviewed the charges at length has found it to be a flat-out lie. these assertions. every single one of them. >> in an effort to clear the allegations against him and his son hunter biden, he also addressed his record while doing business in ukraine. >> what i did in ukraine was carry out the official policy of the united states government. to root out corruption in ukraine. in con...

The day, he -- i think hes probably waived on behalf of his client, you know, presumably with the support of his client, because the privilege belongs to the client. but hes just made so many statements, i doubt its going to hold up in court at the end of the day. but as i said, its going to take a while to sort out. >> elliot, the intelligence community inspector general pushed back on assertions by the president, some republicans about that the whistle-blower didnt have firsthand knowledge. an...

Are pushed back on just because theyre not -- theyre legally quite thin. ill say it again. i just dont see how hes able to sustain these assertions of privilege if he is, in fact, to make them. >> elliot williams, james baker, appreciate it. thanks. >> yeah. up next, how the presidents backers in congress are defending or trying to defend what the president said on that phone call. app updates, and support calls... you can never seem to get anywhere. thats why dell technologies created unified...

But they changed the form. >> the inspector-general said none of that was true. in a statement issued yesterday, michael atkinson said the complainant had direct and access knowledge. the whistleblower had more than secondhand assertions. and the i.g. found other information supported the complainants allegations. meantime, president trump made clear he still wants to know the whistleblowers identity. >> mr. president, do you now know who the whistleblower is, sir? >> were trying to find out abo...

On hearsay. when did they change the rules about a whistleblower? you can use hearsay, when you could not just weeks before the complaint? >> he had no firsthand knowledge. he heard something from someone that may have heard something. >> his sources were firsthand sources. you know as well as i do, you dont need firsthand knowledge to be a whistleblower. >> you dont need to now because they changed the form. used to. but they changed the form. >> the inspector-general said none of that was true...