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To ukraine. beyond a call summary, the next best piece of evidence are the statements from the two participants on the call. president zelensky has said he felt no pressure on the call. on september 25th at the united nations, he said we had, i think im a good phone call. was normal. nobody push me." on october 26, president zelensky said "i was never pressured, and there were no conditions being imposed." four days later on october 10th, president zelensky said again "there was nothing wrong wi...

Thats not mero saying that. that is professor turley. let me start with the best direct evidence of any potential quid pro quo or impeachable scheme. this is president trumps phone call with zelensky for which the national security council and the white house situation room staff prepared a call summary. according to testimony from tim morrison at the nsc the summary was accurate and complete. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman testified that any omissions were not significant and any editing ...

Said exactly what the whistleblower said was reported to the whistleblower and the whistleblower complaint itself was so detailed that it in and of itself would have resulted with where we are now. but that call summary being released on the heels of the whistleblower complaint just reinforced everything that the whistleblower complaint was alle alleging. it was a real double whammy that goes to what joyce was saying about the speed of this process. it really put it on steroids. >> if its been a...

Have released the transcripts of that weve all read. so to give you a sense of what house republicans are -- are pushing here. they say this. they say that president trump did nothing wrong. this is a quote. president trump has a deep seeded, genuine, and reasonable skepticism due to its history of pervasive corruption. okay. you might read that and say, why didnt he mention corruption specifically on that july 25th call with president zelensky? well, republicans in their report have an answer f...

To the whistleblower, and the whistleblower complaint itself was so detailed that it in and of itself i think would have resulted with where we are now. but that call summary being released on the heels of the whistleblower complaint just reinforced everything that the whistleblower complaint was alleging. it was a real double whammy, and i think that double whammy goes exactly to what joyce was saying about the speed of this process. it really put it on steroids. >> and if its been a steroids p...

Russia. based on this phone call, according to what david holmes testified, the big stuff trump cared about was, quote, the biden investigation. i think well see gordon sondland definitely testify to that when he comes in on wednesday. as john said, i dont think anyones concerned about staying in the presidents good graces. they just want to protect their own skin at this point. >> can i make one final point? all of this investigation has followed that release of the call summary. that call summ...

William taylor. >> good afternoon. i would like to walk you through a couple points raised by my colleagues on the other side. one is a claim that the july 25 call summary shows no evidence of pressure on the ukrainian government. in fact, they argue the ukrainians do not feel any pressure at any time to comply with any of president trumps request for investigation. in fact, ambassador taylor, and your deposition in october, you stated that due to the hold president trump placed on aid to the uk...

Is my interpretation so that is not how we impeach and remove residents who are democratically elected. thats how they find out which one of them is going to be asked the prom by the quarterback. >> julie: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. >> at this critical stage, house republicans have put out a memo countering the democrats allegations. in it, they argue the july 25 call summary the best evidence of the conversation shows no conditionality or evidence of...

That it be perceived to be done on the level free from partisan influence. and right now there are questions about that and thats not good for doj and thats not good for the american people. >> okay. so, having said that, what you just said, on top of that, his name, barrs name is mentioned in the ukraine call summary. should he recuse himself from the investigation like jeff sessions did when it became clear he might have a conflict of interest? >> yeah, we all know how that worked out for jeff...

Seventh floor and up the street, meaning at the white house. yovanovitch goes on. she called me about an hour later. so now its 1:00 a.m. in the ukraine. she said there was a lot of concern for me and that i needed to be on the next plane home to washington. and i was like what, what happened. and she said i dont know, but this is about your security. you need to come home immediately. yovanovitch makes clear that she still feels threatened. also from todays transcripts yovanovitch was asked abo...