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Effort to participate into the investigation of the bidens. is he a credibility of a witness? >> there are going to be questions about the credibility of a witness who has trouble remembering key facts in an investigation. when you add up all of the other testimony and corroborating evidence, youre saying this is someone who was trying to minimize at first who is having the truth now dragged out of him. we just want the truth. the chips can fall where they may. by the way, the state department i...

One on substance. i noticed he started with these words, i did not seek this opportunity to testify. can i tell you in my 30 years as a prosecutor i had so many witnesses come in and say mr. kirschner, i dont want to testify. and pretty much to a person when they said that you knew they were about to blow somebody up with some truthful incriminating testimony. so i think it actually enhances his credibility that he didnt seek out this opportunity to testify. now, on substance youve already relat...

Mean that witness is able to give us jaw dropping detail about that call which, again, puts the president right personally at the center of this scandal. but in addition to that the witness is giving us corroborating information and testimony about other elements of this scandal in terms of what he was able to see from the u.s. embassy in ukraine, of course a key position. and he was thereafter marie yovanovitch had left. a lot of the republican criticism today was you werent there when the wors...

Earlier this week in public before the house intelligence committee during which he revealed the existence of this conversation we hadnt known about before. this conversation between ambassador sondland and president trump that occurred at an outdoor restaurant in ykiv -- kyiv and sondland replied saying "theyre going to do it" meaning president zelensky is going to do it and he said president zelensky would do anything for you. this is another data point connecting what democrats say is this uk...

Information and testimony about other elements of othis scandal in terms of what he was able to see from the u.s. embassy in ukrain and he was there after marie yovanovitch has left. a lotf of the criticism was you werent there when the worst of all of it happened. and its a new witness we didnt even know the name of until yesterday. >> when the news of this call emerged and it first emerge said in ambassador daytaylors testimony, a staff member over heard the phone call. i was so stunned at the...

This is very clearly -- the david holmes testimony is a very clear contradiction of that. where do you see the possible legal jeopardy at this time >> gordonb sondland has the opportunity to come forward. as a prosecutor ive presented to juries a lot of witness withes like gordon sondland. not necessarily forthcoming the first time theyre asked to recall something that happened. but over time for a variety of reasons, usually because they want to do the right thing evolve and give the full versi...

We also have congressman erick swalwell racing towards us because we just got word that that closed door deposition just ended one minute ago. and congressman swalwell has been in it all the way and that of course has just taken over the number one position the way well begin tonight with new details about the cell phone call from restaurant in ukraine over heard by david holmes and who knows who else. >> i mean im very excited to hear what congressman swalwell is able to tell you about the depo...

Six carry a maximum punishment of five years in prison. the seventh, witness tampering, carries up to 20 years in prison. i think gordon sondland better pay attention to that. >> glenn, a word on how close this roger stone case got to donald trump. one of the things hes convicted for was lying about a phone call that roger stone had with president trump. and its one of those phone calls, a cellphone call during the campaign thats overheard by someone, in this case rick gates. >> how close did it...

Mr. kirschner, i dont want to testify and pretty much to a person when they said that, you knew they were about to blow somebody up with hurtful incriminating testimony. i think it enhances his credibility that he didnt seek out this opportunity to testify. youve already related some of the information provided. but there was one additional line that caught my attention. when sondland told mr. holmes, you know what, not ownly is he reedy to do the investigation, he will do anything that you, pre...

Theyve already failed as far as im concerned. >> mr. kent, are you a never trumper? >> i am a career nonprofessional, who serves whatever president is duly elected and carries out the foreign policies of that president in the united states and ive done that for 27 years, for three republican presidents and two democrat presidents. >> ambassador taylor, are you a never trumper. >> no, sir. >> so house speaker nancy pelosi said yesterday that the impeachment testimony presented by bill taylor and ...