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President before even seeing transcript of the ukraine phone call. >> senator lindsey graham says it is too early to make a judgment. >> the only reason they are trying to impeach the president is they dont believe they can be him at the ballot box and trying to destroy him. no evidence donald trump tried to intimidate the ukraine with military aid unless they investigated biden. theres nothing here but theres a lot here when it comes to biden. did he have a conflict of interest when he threaten...

>> the administration conducting a process. they were looking at corruption in the ukraine. looking at whether europe should be doing more. they were trying to decipher what they should do. a week before the call with president of biden. he instructed aids who went to the state department, dod and officials and said well put a hold on office money. what the administration says is they were doing the legitimate policy review process and decide if the aid should continue. as my colleague said on a...

Department, went to dod, went to interagency officials and said were going to put a hold on this money. now, what the administration says is they were doing the legitimate policy review process and trying to decide if the aid should continue, but as my colleague just said on air, the question is, how closely related were these two things? these discussions started in june, according to the administration. then in july they decided to halt this aid. and all the while, the ukrainians were trying t...

Officials later chris murphy who went to ukraine why is aid being held up? they were trying to decide whether the aid was legitimate or not. what our others are wondering is why the timing was so close. one week the president decided to cut aid and next week ask for an investigation. >> how unusual is it for the office of management and budget to be in charge of releasing aid that congress appropriated. and pentagon and the state department was supposed to manage. is this odd to you? >> it was o...

Releasing aid that congress appropriated and that the pentagon and the state department was supposed to manage? is this odd to you? >> it was odd to people on the hill to see that that was what was happening and the fact that there were these directives being put out that would basically put the aid on these short term just a few days at a time holds so no one quite knew when it was coming out and you couldnt get people at the state, dod, the pentagon, normally in charge of handing out and dolin...

Ya ians to talk to rudy giuliani, not anybody from his government, not anybody from the state department, not anybody from the dod, not anybody even frpt white house, but to talk to his personal lawyer who was digging up dirt on a domestic political opponent. hes admitted collusion already, the facts are on the table. i dont know how, willie, an inquiry doesnt begin. >> yeah. and the romney positions not a difficult one for a republican to take, which is its troubling if true, lets follow the fa...

Interest of their country. they decide what they could or couldnt do under the law instead of just following the proper rules and procedures. i think youre right. there are so powerful tools in the hands of these folks that they owe and enhance duty to protect that by following the policies and procedures. time and time again, the only way that we can restore trust in the american people in the system of intelligence and includes the fbi, includes the director of national intelligence and cia, d...

They clearly put their own self-interest ahead of the interest of their country. they decide what they could or couldnt do under the law instead of just following the proper rules and procedures. i think youre right. there are so powerful tools in the hands of these folks that they owe and enhance duty to protect that by following the policies and procedures. time and time again, the only way that we can restore trust in the american people in the system of intelligence and includes the fbi, inc...

And his deputy, andy mccabe, they clearly put their own self-interest ahead of the interest of their country. they decide what they could or couldnt do under the law instead of just following the proper rules and procedures. i think youre right. there are so powerful tools in the hands of these folks that they owe and enhance duty to protect that by following the policies and procedures. time and time again, the only way that we can restore trust in the american people in the system of intellige...

Who are harming their communities and violating federal law and should be able to withhold federal funds that they would from a contract or anyone else. >> that decision is under doj and they are doing it at the highest level i think they will when its in the long run but i think there violating the law when i was a special agent i rested u.s. citizens for harboring and concealing elite illegal alien in their home. i rested business owners for harboring and concealing illegal alien in their home...