President , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. But to the extent that the president has concerns and to the extent that the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say that you should be in touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kind of relations. Now, were you involved, either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. And how do you account for that . I mean, you were the two of the key officials with responsibility for ukrainian policy. If the president of the United States is going to have a call with the leader of the ukraine, why wouldnt
you ordinarily be involved with preparation . Sir, we work for the Department Of State in an embassy overseas and in preparation for a president ial phone
Mean, thats the appropriate way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. To the extent the president has concerns and to the extent the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say youn touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. Now, were either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. How do you account for that . I mean, you were two of the key officials with responsibility for ukrainian policy. If the president of the United States is going to have a call with the leader of ukraine, why
wouldnt you ordinarily be involved with the preparation . Sir, we work for the Department Of State in an embassy overseas. Preparation for a president
that. here it is in their own words. and so even though president trump was saying repeatedly that there is there is no quid pro quo, ambassador sondland relayed to you that the facts of the matter were that the white house meeting and the security assistance were conditioned on the announcement of these investigations, is that your understanding? that s my understanding. he described conditions for the security assistance and the white house meeting in in those terms. that is dependent upon, conditioned on pursuing these investigations. in your opinion, was this a comprehensive and whole of government effort to end corruption in ukraine? referring to the request in july? exactly. i would not say so. no, sir. yeah, i don t i don t think president trump was trying to end corruption in ukraine. i think he was trying to aim corruption in ukraine at vice president biden and at the 2020 election.
secondhand, third-hand, and even fourth-hand rumors and innuendo. we are not able to hear testimony by chief of staff mulvaney, john eisenberg, michael ellis, john bolton, more than a dozen witnesses. so i suspect if you have a problem with hearsay, you d have a lot more direct testimony and direct evidence if you weren t blocking that ability. democrats also went after one of the main republican defenses of the president s behavior, that he was somehow duty-bound to investigate corruption in ukraine and thus was within his rights to ask the government to look into the bidens and the 2016 election. in your opinion, was this a comprehensive and whole of government effort to end corruption in ukraine? referring to the request in july? exactly. i would not say so. no, sir. yeah, i don t. i don t think president trump was trying to end corruption in ukraine. i think he was trying to aim corruption in ukraine at vice president biden and at the 2020 election.
innuendo. we are not able to hear testimony by chief of staff e mulvaney, john eisenberg, michael ellis, john bolton, more than a dozen witnesses. so i suspect if you have a oz problem with hearsay you d have a lot more direct testimony and direct evidence if you weren t blocking that ability. democrats also went after one of the main republican defenses of the president s behavior, ai that he was somehow duty-bound to investigate corruption in ukraine and thus was within hisi rights to ask the government to look into the bidens and the 2016 election.ok in your opinion, was this a comprehensive and whole of government effort to end ur corruption in ukraine? referring to the request in july? exactly. i would not say so. no, sir.ly yeah, i don t. i don t think president trump was trying to end corruption in ukraine. i think he was trying to aim corruption in ukraine at vice president biden and at the 2020 election.