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Giuliani. Mr. Giuliani said they thought ukraine should make a statement about Fighting Corruption and mr. Yermac provided me a draft statement and i wanted to be assured that this statement would actually correct the perception that mr. Giuliani had of ukraine and what they stand for now so that that would also be conveyed to President Trump and solve this problem that i had observed with our may 23rd meeting with the president. The problem being that hes getting bad set of information. A State...

What does the president want to know . Did he ask about ukraines efforts to battle corruption . Of course not. Did he ask how the war with russia was going . Not a chance. On the phone, his voice loud enough, President Trump asked sondland, is hes going to do the investigation . The answer was clear. He ensured trump that the ukrainian president was going to do it and that he would do anything you asked him to. If that wasnt telling enough, my colleagues, in a conversation that followed, an amer...

Didnt work so well. then it was bribery extortion. then they brought witnesses in and not one could answer if they saw any evidence of bribery, extortion, or any crime when questioned. there was silence. the witnesses always testified i heard this from so-and-so. when the democrats brought their star witness income ambassador sondland, when he asked he said i presume the aide was held up. i presume? testimony was all hearsay, conjecture, and assumptions. now its abuse of power with no underlying...

Discussion about not -- there not being a full throated embrace of the ukrainian reform agenda. is that fair? >> yes, congressman. >> okay. but with respect to his concern about something improper, specifically at no point did he come to you and say i heard something that i thought was improper and was a crime. >> sir, i have no recollection of him doing that. >> no bribe, no extortion, no quid pro quo? >> no, sir. >> all right. and as you were listening, did you hear president trump make a dema...

Were listening to the call you werent thinking wow the presidents bribing the president of ukraine. >> that never crossed your mind. >> it did, not sir. >> or that he was extorting the president of ukraine. or doing anything improper. >> correct, sir. >> have you read where president zelensky agrees with you and said repeatedly and consistently he didnt hear any demand, he didnt hear any conditions, he didnt feel any pressure, he didnt experience anything improper or corrupt on the call? >> sir,...

That a lot of the question will be by counsel. the democratic counsel is daniel goldman, former assistant attorney in manhattan has tried many mobsters, that is how they are making this case that it is a scheme sort of tied like a bribery extortion that you would see in a mob effort. on the republican side is stephen castor come a much quieter figure behind the scenes and he is seen on the g.o.p. side is trying to explain things very complex and easy way. expect this to be more about laying the ...

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Ukrainian investigation. >> sean: you have talked to people who have heard this tape? >> john: the prosecutor himself has heard the tape and said it important enough, good enough evidence that warns opening an investigation. the tape, the court ruling top prosecutor in ukraine said there was a foreign power, us, ukraine to influence u.s. election to help hillary clinton. that is the news today. >> sean: let me get to joe and victoria, sorry, joke, but victoria we start with you. i just listed al...

Hearing about an informant that had infiltrated vladimir putins operation in america to get a foot hold in the uranium market in america. he was there from the get-go. he was there before cfius ever signed off. and he found all of this evidence, bribery extortion, money laundering, kick backs. everybody knew about it how is it possible they would have -- knowing clinton operatives are in this country, committing crimes, wanting uranium, why did they ever let this deal go through when we dont hav...

Hearing about an informant that had infiltrated vladimir putins operation in america to get a foot hold in the uranium market in america. he was there from the get-go. he was there before cfius ever signed off. and he found all of this evidence, bribery extortion, money laundering, kick backs. everybody knew about it how is it possible they would have -- knowing clinton operatives are in this country, committing crimes, wanting uranium, why did they ever let this deal go through when we dont hav...