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Have a corruption issue because the ukrainians had met their benchmarks to receive their con depressionly approved military aid, and then we had this amazing set of witnesses reporting and speaking directly to donald trump including today fiona hill saying john bolton told the ukrainians that you want the money? youll get the meeting, but youre not getting the aid yet until investigations, and thats just one example. that goes directly to what was trumps state of mind as we have heard it from pe...

Do they have the evidence they need in your legal view to impeach? >> yes, bryan, they edo. and let me say why. they have witness after witness after with witness. theres simply not one witness whos testified in congress over the past four days off impeachment hearings who has said the president- a legitimate corruption issue. in fact have said the opposite which is the president did not have a corruption issue because the ukrainians- met their bench marks to receive their congressionally -- con...

But the way this played out to me seems as logical as you can do it. and particularly, when you put it into a broader framework of where this president is on concern about foreign aid, his deep-rooted concern and the corruption issue in ukraine, the experience that he had with high ranking ukrainian officials criticizing him in supporting secretary clinton in the 2016 election, put all of that together, sort of shows why it played out the way it did. that i would yield back, mr. chairman. >> mr....

Kinds of other things they want to talk about. but the way this played out seems to me as logical as you can do it. and particular when you put it in the broader framework where this president is on concern about foreign aid, his deep-rooted concern in the corruption issue in ukraine, the experience he had with high ranking ukrainian officials criticizing him and supporting secretary clinton in the 2016 election. put all that together and it sort of i think shows why it played out the way it did...

Crystal clear that the obama administration understood that this was a liability for hunter biden and not just the a political liability, this was a political nightmare but they decided to look the other way. >> on that point -- >> when it comes to trump, they cant control it. >> you say democrats look the other way when someone breaks the law. what law did hunter biden break? >> look, its a corruption issue. hes abusing his relationship to his father to get special access and influence to the u...

Exactly. and thats the risk where people, voters, just start giving up. and i think thats also the aim in some ways because youve got a president who has a corruption issue and a real one. so, what you do with a story like this is make it look like everybodys the same. >> yeah. >> and put a cloud over bidens head as well. >> its a fascinating article. appreciate it so much. >> thanks for having me. were going to explore the unanswered questions in the ukraine affair, talk to voters in a key sw...

Talking about gordon sondland secretary of state pompeo. the u.s. ambassador to the so he comes to this with an european union, ambassador sondland said he talked to immense credibility. and i think the other thing garrett talked about closing the president zelensky and told them that although this was not a loop, you know, in a sense, this is a jigsaw puzzle. quid pro quo, if president every witness brings a piece to zelensky did not clear things up it. we get the defense department in public, ...

End of the saga here, that the u.s. had effectively worked on this corruption issue for long enough, paints herself as somebody thats not partisan, said she never knew hunter biden, only met joe biden in his vice presidential capacity once or twice. alludes to having some meetings or connections with rudy giuliani, but doesnt get into them specifically, only says essentially the presidents mind was poisoned against her and she was fired or recalled from that job merely because the president had ...

President of the united states to make sure that money is going to a nation that is not corrupt, making sure they have cleaned up their act and that is what he was trying to figure out. >> neil: you dont think any level, just appearance of that or pressuring a foreign country to intervene potentially in a presidential account, someone might oppose in the next election, on any level that is dangerous? it is already gotten talk that when the chinese come to discuss trade, maybe they feel they have...

Last month instead of the president going where he met with the ukrainian leader, though it is unclear how the vice presidents office will respond to that request. >> and he pushed zelensky on the corruption issue and it is unclear if he said anything about the bidens or any of the other investigations that the president wants. kaitlan collins, thank you so much. president trump -- lets bring in the panel. president trump said hes focused only on corruption and not investigations of his rivals...