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It was right after that, within hours, that bill taylor sent this text back home to washington. saying, are we now saying that security assistance and white house meetings are conditioned on investigations? the state department official responded by saying, "call me." in a week he was still pressing the point. they responded hours later with an officious, lawyerly statement about how president trump had been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. bill, i believe you are incorrect about pre...

You are inkrebt about the intentions. >> response, it is wrong but not impeachable. what do you see to that? >> i think that is a joke. i think that answer is a joke. think about what that means in a president can ask a foreign nation to at will investigate a political opponent of the united states. means that president could ask to investigate not only joe biden but any other politician in this country. and we would be saying that thats okay. that answer is a joke. the president deserves impeac...

Yesterday with the explosive text messages we saw. i want to read you one that democrats are seizing on. it comes from bill taylor who was a u.s. official says, as i said on the phone, i think its crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. then four hours later. gordon sondland, bill i believe urine correct about president trumps intentions. process the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quo of any kind. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukrain...

Security assistants and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations. sondland replies, call me, lets take this off text. that assistance referring to the nearly $400 million in aid that was initially withheld from ukraine by the white house and finally released on september 11th. two days before september 11th, taylor brings up the point, i think its crazy to with hold security assistance for help with a political campaign. sondland texts back later defending the president saying i bel...

Happened in 2016. we will nail down date for visit to washington. according to president trump last month -- >> there was never any quid pro quo. >> reporter: but senior u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor questioning if thats the case. texting on september 9th, i think its crazy to withhold security assistance for help with the political campaign. more than four hours later, ambassador gordon sondland responding. i believe you are incorrect about president trumps intentions. the president has ...

I dont know this for a fact, but its hard to imagine that he didnt hear from people who care about his political future and legacy and reputation to say, okay, thats too far, mr. president. >> other than his tv lawyer maybe suggesting that those of us who read the law say what you just said. i want to come back to you on these texts. im sure you work with diplomats overseas in different time zones. when you saw the texts, the president said no quid pro quo, and he focused on one text. as i said ...

To washington. according to president trump, last month -- >> there was never any quid pro quo. >> but senior u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor questioning if thats the case. texting on september 9th, i think its crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. more than four hours later, ambassador gordon sonland responding, i believe you are incorrect about president trumps intentions. the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. the text mess...

The top u.s. diplomat in ukraine. he writes i think its crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. excuse me. gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu responds, "bill, i believe -- excuse me -- you are incorrect about president trumps intentions. the president has been kris cal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is truly going adopt the transparency and reforms that president zelensky promised during his c...

Cant protect you, we cant help you against these attacks and youre basically on your own. >> interesting. interesting. michael, we have a little bit of time left. so i want to go through this. this is from abc news. they got a hold of these group text messages this year with congress. the time line is important here because according to the reporting on september 9th the same date intel community i.g. sent the house committee a letter about the existence a whistle-blower complaint there was in e...

A quid pro quo. the senior u.s. diplomat in c w ukraine texted saying -- sondland responded, call me. >> on september 9th, taylor spelled out his concerns, as i said on the phone, i think it is crazy to withhold assistance for help with the political campaign. look at that, those words for a few minutes. 4 1/2 hours later, sondland replied, i believe youre incorrect about president trumps intentions, the president has been clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. >> sources say volcker told investig...