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But, shazam, last week, you come forward with supposedly this new information . There is nothing different in there than what we had on the transcript. Maybe thats the reason their star witness, their first witness didnt bring it up. But they had to have something. So you are their closing witness because you overheard the president talking to Ambassador Sondland. Sir, if i can answer. I see four seconds left on the clock. Mr. Holmes, you may take as long as you need. Thank you, sir. I believe t...

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The transcript had been out for two months. Maybe the ambassador thought there is nothing new here. But, shazam, last week you come forward with supposed this new information and nothing different in there than what we had on the transcript. Maybe thats the reason their star witness, first witness didnt bring it up. Youre their closing witness because you overheard the president overtalking to Ambassador Sondland. I see four seconds left on the clock. You may take as long as you need. Thank you,...

Nobody on the planet, nobody on the planet, told him that that was the case. >> mr. castor, i want to move on to foreign policy. and the idea that somehow the president was abusing foreign policy. repeatedly, witnesses came before thely intelligence committee and talked about how the presidentow was operating outside the bounds of the process for usingds norms. the presidentus sets foreign policy, correct? >> absolutely. >> andco from where does he dere that power? >> the constitution. >> articl...

Of that call package that had perhaps been prepared since, for example, the inauguration of president zelensky was then used as the basic material for that call. so i did take part in the preparation of that standard call package, but i did not take part in any preparation for the specific call on july 25th. >> and the first time you actually read the transcript of the call was when it was released to the public? >> thats correct. >> mr. holmes, i wanted to turn to you. good to see you again. th...

Service. thank you, dr. hill, for your comments on the personal attacks. i wanted to ask you each fact-based questions. dr. hill, you testified that you handed over your duties on the nsc to tim morrison on july 15th and that you physically left the white house on july 19th, correct? >> that is correct, yes. >> so that means that by the time there was the july 25th call with president trump and president zelensky, you were no longer on the nsc? , correct? >> actually, i was still technically on ...

There would be a call, there was a call package prepared in advance. i just cannot say how much of that call package had perhaps been prepared since, for example, the inauguration of president zelensky was then used as basic material for the call, so i did take part in the preparation of that standard call package, but i did not take part in any preparation for the specific call on july 25th. >> and the first time you actually read the transcript of the call is when it was released to the public...

Donald trump wakes up this morning, doesnt check on john mccains health or the tax bill or anything else. he calls vladimir to thank him for the attaboy on the economy. what is going on? >> just exactly what you just said. vladimir putin knows that saying nice things about trump elicits these kind of responses. its shocking to me that that phone call gets to go through, and weve been talking a lot about the briefers and the intelligence folks coming in for the pdb but theres also something calle...

That he would have so much time in his schedule to actually take a phone call out of the blue on his cell phone from any world leader. i worked at the white house for three years on the national security council staff, and the presidents time was sparsed out in 10 to 20-minute intervals. it seems strange to me that he would interrupt his calendar for that. then the third thing, i would just mention that, again, different presidents operate in different ways, but for every phone call that i was o...

How many people are listening in on the call? and have you ever had trouble getting a president to study their background briefing prior to a call? >> well, just let me specify, i only worked for one president. barack obama. for three years at the white house before i moved out to moscow. but i prepared many of these calls, youre right, both with president medvedev and putin. you prepare a call package, its cleared through the national security council, goes through the national security adviser...