Testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. You may be seated. The microphones are sensitive so you will need to speak directly into them. Without objection, your written statements will made be made part of the record. Mr. Holmes, you are recognized for your Opening Statement and when you conclude, dr. Hill, you will be recognized thereafter for your Opening Statement. Mr. Holmes thank you. Good morning, mr. Chairman. Members of the committee. My name is david holmes. Im a Career Foreign Service officer with the department of state. Since august 2017, i have been a political counselor at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine. While it is an honor to appear before you today, i want to make sure make clear i did not seek this opportunity to testify today. Since you determined i may have something of value to these proceedings and issued a subpoena, it is my obligation
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Before todays hearing, President Trump attacked house democrats. More on what we learned from todays witnesses. The president called democrats human scum. This wraps up hours of testimony for now. Both sides, digging in an making their case to the american public. Some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its Security Services did not conduct a campaign against our country, and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, ukraine did. This is a fictional narrative. Reporter dr. Fiona hill, opening her testimony by condemning claims by President Trump and republicans that ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. At issue, the allegation that President Trump withheld military aid and a white house visit to pressure ukraine to investigate joe and hunter biden. Republicans say, they never questioned russias role. Its entirely possible for two separate countries to engage in meddling at the same time. Reporter dr. Hill noted the political chaos. This is exactly what the russia
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