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Contributor. lets start right now with mark sandys closed-door testimony under way right now, natasha. what kind of information would sandy be able to provide that other witnesses could not? >> yeah, so, this is really a blind spot for democrats that theyve been wanting to get to the bottom of, which is, how is the directive to withhold the military aid to ukraine delivered to omb officials? how involved, for example, was acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, who is the former head of omb? and wh...

His lawyer." were you familiar with that quote? >> it sounds familiar. >> and you have a lawyer with you today, ms. yovanovitch? >> uh-huh. >> and you understand that lawyers act on their clients behalf. is that right? >> yes. >> that it would be improper for a lawyer to go outside any directive that a client gives. is that right? >> thats my understanding. >> are you familiar with a "new york times" story on may 9, 2019 where rudy giuliani said that he intends to visit ukraine and said, were no...

Hill. it will give house investigators another opportunity to get to the crux of this whole scandal. did the shakedown of ukraine to dig up dirt on a political rival, did it come directly from president trump? lets take a look at the evidence in support of that. the first example is right here. the first example comes from bill taylors testimny about a directive that came from the president. and he heard about it over a secure national security council conference call. that was on july 18th. a w...

Sure, as his lawyer." were you familiar with that quote? >> it sounds familiar. >> and you have a lawyer with you today, ms. yovanovitch. and you understand that lawyers act on their clients behalf, is that right? >> yes. >> that it would be improper for a lawyer to go outside any directive that a client gives, is that correct? >> that is my understanding. >> are you familiar with a "new york times" story on may 29th, 2019 where rudy giuliani says that he intends to visit ukraine and says, we ar...

For the end of an authorize normal meeting a voice on the call, the person was offscreen, said she was from omb and her boss had instructed her not to approve any additional spending on security assistance from ukraine until further notice. i and others sat in aastonishment. the ukrainians were fighting russians and counted also on the assurance of u.s. support. all the omb staff person said was that the directive had come from the president. >> so the president is being impeached for trying to ...

Tonaastonishment. all the omb staff person said was that the directive had come from the president. >> so the president is being impeached for trying to get ukraine to investigate democrats to help them in his election, you know, full stop no matter what else he did. but the icing on that cake, right, is him using the withholding of military aid to up the pressure on ukraine to do that. and that is also all now coming out, too, over the course of this impeachment inquiry. it was in the initial w...

Comma, sure, as his lawyer. were you familiar with that quote? >> it sounds familiar. >> and you have a lawyer with you today, ms. yovanovitch. and you understand that lawyers act on their clients behalf, is that right? >> yes. >> that it would be improper for a lawyer to go outside any directive that a client gives s. that right? >> thats my understanding. >> are you familiar with a "new york times" story on may 9, 2019, where rudolph giuliani says that he intends to visit ukraine and says, "we...

As an official he worked inside the omb rising to a senior position. deputy associate director for national security programs. in that role he would have insight into this process. its worth noting, weve reported before that career officials inside the omb were uneasy with the process that was taking place to the point they were cut out because the political appointees had come in to push this directive out. so it is unclear how much mark sandy knows and how much visibility he had into the actua...

>> in a regular nsc secure video conference call on july 18th, a heard a staff person from the office of management and budget say that there was a hold on security assistance to ukraine but could not say why. the person was off-screen, said that she was from omb, and her boss had instructed her not to approve any additional spending on security assistance for ukraine until further notice. i and others sat in astonishment. all that the omb staff person said was that the directive had come from t...

Direct line to the president, did not know the president personally. have not gotten personal directive from the president. here is something to keep in mind. there are more witnesses to come, this goes back to the democratic strategy. u.s. ambassador came up multiple times during the hearing today. both witnesses made clear he had a close relationship with the president. gordon sondland will testify next wednesday by himself. democrats are truly waiting for that testimony. there is another elem...