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Obstruction of our constitutional duties. these witnesses are significant and the white house understands their significance. based on the testimony the committees have already received, we know these witnesses of those that were in the law office of the national security council, those who worked for mick mulvaney either in the chief of staffs office or the management budget men are first-hand witnesses to the allegation of serious misconduct. the effort to use that aid to get ukraine to do the...

That would be beyond most individuals access and a system in which that call record did not belong. so very pertinent testimony, very relevant to the other witnesses who have come forward. we may infer by the white house obstruction here that their testimony would be further incriminating of the president. i will say this. its quite obvious and we fully expected this. we have seen a series of shifting, ever-changing rationales for this campaign of obstruction. first there was the argument we won...

Most secret of intelligence activities, that is covert action activities. why would a call record that the president would have the country believe is perfect, why would it be hidden in this classified system? clearly the white house does not want him to testify. they do not want the american people to know why mr. eisenberg or others made that decision. i think we can infer that the reason is that it would tend to corroborate allegations against the president. thats the very reason we want to b...

That the white house defied. today we have four additional subpoenas to add to the list of a potential charge of the president of the united states and his obstruction of our constitutional duties. these witnesses are significant and the white house understands theyre significant based on the testimony the committees have already received, we know these witnesses, those that were in the law office of the national security council, those who worked for mulvaney, either in the chief of staffs offi...

Mentioned in the rough transcript of the call or i should say the official record of the call, everybody was like, wow, thats kind of weird because burisma is mentioned in other places, thats just strange. but it turns out according to our reporting today vindman actually took copious notes. and when he tried to get this official call record corrected he said zelensky never said this weird phrase, the company you specifically mentioned in this issue. so its not like an accident. it wouldnt be so...

Law. >> do you buy this argument that he turned over the transcript to the lawyers because of how politically divisive washington is? he says he was worried about it leaking. >> i dont doubt that some worried that what this call record made some people worried that donald trumps future. if thats why he did it, thank you for being so nakedly transparent about why you did it. that doesnt make it right and that doesnt get donald trump off the hook for what he was asking the ukrainians to do. im not...

I dont see how thats good for the president. and it is not for mr. morrison to say whether what mr. trump did was right or wrong. and regardless of what anyone says, just putting mr. morrison outside of this, donald trump and none of us are above the law. >> do you buy his argument that he turned over the call transcript to the lawyers because of how politically divisive washington is? he says he was worried about it leaking. >> well, i dont doubt that some people at the white house may have bee...

Week. until we do release the transcripts, i really cant go into the substance of the testimony on that particular issue. that is was this call record accurate? if it wasnt fully accurate, why wasnt it fully accurate? i think the public will get a sense of those issues. we certainly have inquired about them when we began releasing the transcripts. and again, you know, the american people as well as the congress will be able to weigh whats the significance of this, does this go to an effort of co...

Corrections even though he was asked to correct the transcript were not factored in. and the transcript ultimately -- i guess i wonder if you feel like thats a material issue, if you feel there is an importance for the committee to get to the bottom of what may have been the exact wording on that call and what may have been inaccuracies in those notes. and if you are going to pursue it, how youll do so. >> well, one of the aspects of the resolution we passed today authorizes me to begin releasin...

Vindman. the white house ukraine expert and decorated war veteran. with me now, democratic congressman from florida, a member of the house foreign affairs ethics and judiciary committees. congressman, good to see you again. >> likewise. thanks for having me. >> despite his concerns morrison believes the white house was legally sound in dealings with ukraine? your reaction to that. >> well, the importance of martins testimony and the importance of the witnesses weve heard from thus far is this th...