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Mr. kent, are you familiar, as that they felt no pressure from you indicate in your opening statement, about these president trump, it was your clear understanding, was it not, allegations related to vice president biden? >> i ukraine, did he act in that in early september when the pressure campaign was still accordance with official u.s. secret, that the ukrainians policy? >> he did. believed that they needed to >> now, lets go to then the announce these public investigations, is that right? la...

I think the key point in the testimony here is what theyre his staff to report this meeting trying to get to is the corrupt to the lawyers. part. can you make the case, take it and he also later then indicated across the line from the president doing something to fiona hill, who was also a unusual, head jarring, maybe obnoxious, but how do you make participant on nsc staff, that it corrupt and abuse? >> the thing to keep in mind he, ambassador bolton, didnt that people at home may not know about...

I cant recall. yet talked about vivid detail between roger stone and then-candidate donald trump that appeared to be about the release of these russian emails. what does that tell you? >> well, im thinking about it in two ways. one, what are the implications for mr. stone whos alleged to have engaged in a variety of criminal activity. and then whats the implication for donald trump? for mr. stone, its very bad. its very bad. because he -- his statements included flat out statements to congress t...

Announce these investigations as you understood it. right? >> that was the implication. certainly the implication. >> so fareed, and reminder, of course, to everybody watching in the united states that your show airs all over the world including in ukraine. theres a reason why cnn or cnni would be chosen for this. what did you know about this interview when you and your team where trying to negotiate a sitdown with the new president of ukraine who regardless of this investigation stuff and ukrai...

Mr. kent, are you familiar, regarding facts not in as you indicate in your opening statement, about evidence, leading, but house president trump it was your these allegations related to clear understanding, was it vice president biden? resolution 660 does not say >> i am. that we are under the >> and did he act federal rules of evidence. not early september when the if it is your position that pressure campaign was secret i should be asserting that ukrainians believed objections to questions tha...

>> pump wanted zelensky in a public box; is that right? >> yes, sir. >> by public box public statements investigations of the bidens were not enough? he had to go on tv. he had to go public in some way because the president wanted him in that box. is that your understanding? >> mr. chairman i dont know what he had in mind or ambassador sondland had in mind who was the one who mentioned that to me. thats the implication. the implication needed to be public as opposed to being a privacprivate assu...

Barr in may of 2019 tasked this meeting to the lawyers the u.s. attorney for and he also later then connecticut john durham to broadly examine the governments collection of indicated to the fiona hill who intelligence involving the presidents campaign. that effort initially was an administrative review has was also a participant in turned into a criminal nsc staff that ambassador probe. and u.s. attorney durham is bolton didnt want to be associated with this drug deal. so it was -- the implicati...

Outlandish as it could be. is that correct? >> its not as outlandish as it could be. yeah, agree. >> okay, we have ambassador volker who is a former senate confirmed ambassador to nato, a long-time state department diplomat and have you known ambassador volker for years, correct? >> thats correct. >> a man of unquestioned integrity, correct? >> thats correct. >> and somebody with incredible knowledge of the region? >> with very goodtes. >> yes, im sure thats right. >> and the best interest of uk...

I have news for everybody, get over it. theres going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> hes just admitting the whole ball game. anyway, despite mulvaneys performance at that press conference "the new york times" reports mulvaney has told associates in recent days theres no way for trump to fire him in the midst of the impeachment fight, the implication being he knows too much about there presidents pressure campaign to force ukraine to provide incriminating information about democra...

And were here in this public he is the presidents most senior adviser at the white house. i had a job like that working hearing, that they felt no for obama with respect to russia. and when i spoke to any u.s. pressure from president trump, it was your clear understanding, was it not, that in early government official, everybody knew that i was speaking on september, when the pressure campaign was still secret, that behalf of the president. i was the person that knew his the ukrainians believed ...