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Jam, i referred to the log jam in a very inclusive way. everything was jammed up at that point. and secretary pompeo essentially gave me the green light to brief president zelensky about making those announcements. >> okay. we can turn to that. and then that was your e-mail dated, what date? >> do you have the page there? >> well, your e-mail to secretary pompeo was that august 11th? >> 16. >> august 22nd. >> okay. so youre asking secretary pompeo whether we should block time and -- is there any

>> but not biden? >> no, no, not biden. no. >> turning to your e-mail of august 11th -- >> got it. >> im sorry. we just dealt with that. august 22nd. thats page 23 of your opener. >> yeah. i got it. >> this is where you were requesting a pull-aside for the president. this is when the president -- >> he was still going to go. >> it was before the hurricane. >> right. >> i would ask zelensky to look him in the eye and tell him that once ukraines new justice folks are in place, zelensky should be a...

Acceptable language. >> ultimately that statement was not issued, was it? >> correct. >> and the white house meeting -- >> still hasnt occurred. >> but you certainly understood at that time, did you not, that it was the presidents direction and instruction that a white house meeting with president zelensky would not occur until president zelensky announced publicly the investigations that the president wanted. is that right? >> that is correct. >> you now know that the investigations the preside...

Visit, was jeopardized. in preparation for the september 1 warsaw meeting, i asked secretary pompeo whether a face-to-face conversation between trump and zelensky would help to break the log jam. and this was when president trump was still intending to travel to warsaw. specifically on august 22nd i emailed secretary pompeo directly copying secretary kenna. i wrote this is my email to secretary pompeo. should we block time in warsaw for a short pull aside for potus to meet zelensky? i would ask ...

Referred to the log jam i referred to the log jam in a very inclusive way. everything was jammed up at that point. and secretary pompeo essentially gave me the green light to brief president zelensky about making those announcements. >> okay. we can turn to that. then that was your email dated what date? >> do you have the page there? >> your email to secretary pompeo. august 11th? 16. >> august 22nd. >> okay, you are asking secretary pompeo whether we should block time. is there any discussion ...

That, right? >> the secretary was. thats why its in my email. >> lets look at your emails. there are two emails you sent to the secretary, right? >> mm-hmm. >> here? >> august 22nd. >> august 11th. >> so, the august 11th email, we went through this before. im sorry to go through it aga again. you said to the secretary, "kurt and i negotiated a statement to be delivered for a review in a day or two. the contents will hopefully make the boss happy enough to authorize an invitation. z plants have a...

Acceptable language. >> ultimately that statement was not issued, was it? in the white house meeting did not -- >> still has not occurred. >> you certainly understood at that time, they do not, that it was the presidents direction and instruction that a white house meeting with president zelensky would not occur until president zelensky announced publicly the investigation that the president wanted come is that a writer? >> thats correct. >> you now know the president wanted an investigation int...

Everyone wasnt in the loop with that, right? >> well, the secretary was, because thats why i sent my email. >> but your emails -- lets look at your emails. theres two emails that you sent to the second, right? that are here? >> august 22nd. >> right. >> and august 11th. >> 1 august 1th. >> the august 11th email. we went through this before. im sorry to go through it again. you said to the secretary, kurt and i negotiated a statement from z to be delivered for our review in a day or two. the cont...

President trump and president zelenskiy in warsaw. and when i referred to the logjam, i referred to the logjam in a very inclusive way. everything was jammed up at that point and secretary pompeo essentially gave me the greenlight to brief president zelenskiy about making those announcements. >> okay. we can -- we can turn to that. and then that was your email dated what date? >> do you have the page there? >> well, your email to secretary pompeo. was that august 11th? >> 16th. >> august 22nd. >...

September. i cant find the records and to the conclusion that the aid, they wont provide them to me. like the white house visit, was but i believe i just asked him an open-ended question, jeopardized. in preparation for the september mr. chairman, what do you want from ukraine? 1 warsaw meeting, i asked i keep hearing all of these different ideas and theories and secretary pompeo whether a this and that. what do you want? and it was a very short, abrupt face-to-face conversation between trump an...