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So he said that in numerous conversations that are recorded. >> give me one. >> in press conferences. >> give me the context of one time he ever used it. now where, how. >> hes used it, do me a favor by saying, hey, why dont we do this, not as an exchange for information but i would say, hey, why dont we go to dinner tonight. thats not something thats saying im trying to bribe you for anything but saying, hey, why dont you do this and that is a legitimate ask from the president of the united sta...

U.n., and you read the transcript of his remarks, and you can see him bending over backwards to try to get along with this president. why? because ukraine is totally dependent right now on the united states for their security. without the united states, they would have to be back under the thumb of the russians. and so there is an implicit threat. there is an implicit quid pro quo in every single demand that the united states makes of ukraine. the president doesnt need to say it out loud. there ...

Out if there is something about the intelligence community or information you received that would compromise the process that you had in your underlying agencies. but thematically theyre really the same here because what its talking about is necessarily the use of official diplomatic and political channels not for the security of the nation, not in the interest of united states of america per se, but either to barry an ax, to grind an ax or even have some sort of political leverage over a percei...

Investigation process with the assumption that congress has already gone through a full investigation. they are in that impeachment inquiry, number one. number two, i think youre missing the idea of context about presidential leverage and why it very different for a civilian to talk about a dinner chat as opposed to somebody with an earmarked over a quarter of million ksh. >> -- excuse me. i do find it odd you would demand people would respect your opinion and time and then you interject when im...

If you ahave zero leverage, of course, you are going to do what the president wants. you are going to come to the conclusion that the president is going to hold you accountable. of course, we know that the president did suspend the aid. whether or not there was an explicit quid pro quo, people in ukraine could come to the conclusion that you didnt do what the president wanted and you paid a consequence. >> lastly, you continue to be focused on getting gun safety legislation passed. the president...

Legal question here because one thing is clear now is that this effort by this administration internationally was not just ukraine and seeking dirt on the bidens. now you have bill barr traveling around the world, the president looking for help from the brits, the australian, the italians on a doj inquiry into the origins of the 2016 russia investigation. legally, is that a different and arguably more acceptable, whether you think theres anything there there, but acceptable line of inquiry for t...

Military aid, why not providing that military aid approved by congress. also now this meeting that apparently they had been discussing to have in washington with the ukrainian government, and there had been apparently from what were told a lot of questions why the meeting was not happening. and this was discussed in the closed door testimony and also discussed in that phone call between president trump and president zelensky. it was clearly on zelenskys mind as they discussed moving forward, the...

Or form about helping him are now between a rock and hard place. if they help him, they may benefit now, they also know this president wont be around forever, they have to deal with democrats at some point in the future. it is not in their best interest to give into the president, knowing they may have a democratic president to deal with in a few years. >> wolf, a lot of people wonder why it matters so much. people say whats the national security interest here. you know, presidents need to deal ...

Only evidence of collusion. they are putting their agenda ahead of whats truthfully, honest, what american people know. the real abuse of american power, the real weaponization of the americas intelligence system, and pfizer fisa fraud, three long years hyperventilating telling us they have the truth one hoax after another, one lie after another, one conspiracy after another, russia, russia, russia. now its ukraine, ukraine, ukraine. lets take a look. >> the president called on the russians to h...

Ahead of whats truthfully, honest, what american people know. the real abuse of american power, the real weaponization of the americas intelligence system, and fisa fraud, three long years hyperventilating telling us they have the truth one hoax after another, one lie after another, one conspiracy after another, russia, russia, russia. now its ukraine, ukraine, ukraine. lets take a look. >> the president called on the russians to help in this campaign by hacking and hillarys emails. >> we are us...