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"the new york times" says absolutely no mercy. this is the title. leaked files expose how china organized mass detentions of muslims. the documents show how chinese officials threaten uighur students whose parents had been taken to the camp. students were to be told that their behavior could either shorten or extend the detention of their relatives. im sure that you will support them because this is for their own good, and also for your own good. the leaks also include a shocking directive signe...

Feared most, joe biden. trump sought to weaken biden and refute the fact his own election campaign in 2016 had been helped with russian hacking and dumping operation and russia social media campaign directed by vp to help trump. trumps scheme undermined military and diplomatic support for an ally and undercut nefrts ukraine. tumble put his personal and political interests above those of the united states. as ambassador sondland would later tell career foreign service officer david holmes after s...

Demonstrate support for ukraine in the face of russian aggression and advancing broader u.s. foreign policy interests. unfortunately, president trump was skeptical. he expressed concerns that the ukrainian government was not serious about reform and he even mentioned that ukraine tried to take him down in the last election. in response to our persistent efforts in that meeting to change his views, president trump directed us to, quote, talk with rudy. we understood that talk with rudy meant talk...

Organized mass detentions of muslims.s. the documents show how chinese officials threaten uighur students whose parents had been taken to the camp. students were to be told that their behavior could either shorten or extend the detention on their relatives. im sure that you will support them because this is for their own good, and also for your own good. the leaks also include a shocking directive signed by a a top chinese communist party official. keep up the detention, it ordered. stick to rou...

You did work with him. >> thats correct. >> do you think the essence of what he was trying to achieve was accomplished? >> i dont know what he was trying to achieve. >> you clearly wouldve had to of known, sir. if you thought this was going down the center lane, as you said, it was clearly important that we work with mr. giuliani to get what the president asked for because it was a directive and an order. surely you must know whether or not the mission was accomplished. >> well, i know what mr. ...

Mr. giuliani, would lose an important opportunity to cement relationships with the united states and ukraine. so "we followed the presidents orders." did you see it as a directive? >> i saw it as the only pathway to moving forward on ukraine. >> you would say that the efforts mr. giuliani was undertaking became part of the formal ukraine policy. >> i cant opine on that. all i could tell he was the president wanted us to communicate with mr. giuliani. >> you went on to say in your opening testimo...

Wee been watching house intelligen intelligence. the washington bureau chief for the "new york times" and jonathan, the white house reporter for the associated press. good evening and welcome to all of you. jeremy bash, i would like to begin with you. what was it we witnessed today? what have we learned after today? >> well, the record is building. here you have four trump appointees who bucked the official directive of the administration which is to stonewall congress and they came forward and ...

Washington bureau chief for "the new york times." and jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. good evening and welcome to all of you. jeremy bash, id like to begin with you. what was it we witnessed today? what have we learned after today? >> well, the record is building, brian. here you have four trump appointees who bucked the official directive of the administration, which is to stonewall congress, and they came forward, and they confirmed the essential facts as we kno...

Want to work with mr. giuliani, you in fact did work with him. >> thats correct. >> and do you think the essence of what he was trying to achieve was accomplished? >> i dont know what he was trying to achieve. >> you clearly had to have known, sir. if you think this was going down the center lane, is what you said, it was clearly important that we -- that we work with mr. giuliani to get what the president asked for because it was a directive and an order, surely you must know whether or not mis...

To work with mr. giuliani we would lose an important opportunity to cement relationships with the united states and ukraine. so, quote, we follow the presidents orders. did you see it as a directive? >> i saw it as the only pathway to moving forward on ukraine. >> so you would say that the efforts that mr. giuliani was undertaking became a part of the formal ukraine/u.s. policy? >> i cant opine on that. all i can tell you is that the president wanted us to communicate with -- >> but you went on ...