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Your reaction to one of -- that being one of the arguments as to why the president was, you know, in his right to do this? >> well, you know, it doesnt look like -- the first piece of evidence, in a way the most serious piece of evidence, was the notes of the phone call he had with the president of ukraine. where he said, you know, the president is asking about the aid, and then president trump, he doesnt talk about corruption. he talks about the bidens. thats the investigation he wants. so at t...

Senator ron johnson and i also shared my concern with the ukrainians. so much for the ukrainians didnt know. you cant have a quid pro quo unless the ukrainians know, and youve testified today, ambassador, the ukrainians knew. you further testified... "mr. giuliani emphasize that the president wanted a public statement from president zelensky committing ukraine to look into corruption issues. mr. giuliani specifically mentioned the 2016 election, including the dnc server and burisma as to topics ...

The security aid with senator ron johnson and i also shared my concern with the ukrainians. so much for the ukrainians didnt know. you cant have a quid pro quo unless the ukrainians know. and you have testified today, ambassador, the ukrainians knew. you further testified, mr. giuliani emphasized that the president wanted a public statement from president zelensky committing ukraine to look into corruption issues. mr. giuliani specifically mentioned the 2016 election, including the dnc server an...

Persuasive? >> yes. >> of his intent? >> the question is going to be why. i think what were going to start hearing more of is that the president was actually motivated by corruption issues in ukraine and that he believed rightly or wrongly that the biden situation was emblematic of past corruption and that he believed there was potentially issues of interference in the 2016 election. true or not true, i think the question is did he believe it or not because the framers thought about including ma...

>> of his intent? >> the question is going to be why. i think what were going to start hearing more of is that the president was actually motivated by corruption issues in ukraine and that he believed rightly or wrongly that the biden situation was emblematic of past corruption and that he believed there was potentially issues of interference in the 2016 election. true or not true, i think the question is did he believe it or not because the framers thought about including maladministration in t...

And the point mick mulvaney made is, yeah, there are trades all the time in washington. there are trades all the time involving foreign policy. we set conditions on foreign aid. the big question is not the this for that, its the intent. if president trump was doing this exchange, this condition for the good of the american people, for the good of the government, well, thats one thing. thats not a crime. thats not impeachable. if on the other hand he was trying to advance his campaign or personal...

Human rights. thats a condition. i havent seen a clear-cut crime at this point. as jessica mentioned earlier if its a bigger issue and they can say its conduct unbecoming or shouldnt be doing it. thats a different issue. i havent seen evidence of an actual crime as if one of us were charged with a crime. >> julie: originally the president maintained he withheld aid because of corruption. he wanted the corruption issues in ukraine to be cleared up before he gave that money. were hearing from test...

Not involved with the press briefing. joined with me now, chris wallace. mulvaney tried to walk this back and saying "let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between ukrainian military and new investigation into the 2016 election. the president never told me to withhold any money until the ukrainians did anything related to the server. the only reason we held the money is because of concern about lack of support from other nations and concerns over corruption." you have to love it ...

Statement that was released publicly that she made today and well find more about what she said behind closed doors. that was the key point i took away from the written statement which was that she was sounding the alarm. her vantage point which is on the inside which is different than what we are observing on the outside, she was seeing the levers of government, foreign diplomacy thats being conducted by the state department or individuals that are representing themselves as doing interests in ...

Campaign. a lawyer for the whistle-blower responded saying his client has never worked for or advised a political candidate, campaign or party. ukraines foreign minister says his country does not want to be dragged into political battles in the u.s. tonight, we began a series of reports on what is happening in that former soviet satellite nation. correspondent david spun in the capital city and reports on the impact they are of now infamous phone call between president trump and ukraines new lea...