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Appointed justices and that will be the real test to see whether our institutions hold. but so far so good. >> peter baker, we learned that deputy chief of staff is departing the west wing. he is a long time veteran of the trump administration. we learned from your colleague maggie haberman that he does a lot of the true work and a lot of the heavy lifting behind the scenes in the west wing. does his now about to be former boss mulvaney, do you think, survive ukraine? >> yeah, its a great questi...

That america supports zelensky at the highest levels. this doesnt end with the lifting of the security assistance hold. ukraine still needs us and as i said still fighting this war this very day. >> i would underscore again as my colleague did so eloquently they got caught. thats the reason the aid was finally lifted. mr. goldman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning to both of you. yesterday we heard testimony from ambassador gordon sondland from the european union who testified that presid...

Specific investigation of president trumps political rival. on september 11th the hold was finally lifted. after significant press coverage and bipartisan congressional expressions of concern about the withholding of security assistance. although we knew the hold was lifted we were still concerned that president zelensky had committed in exchange for the lifting to give the request had cnn interview. we had several indications the interview would occur. first the conference in kiev was held sept...

That president zelensky personally commit on a cable news channel to an investigation of president trumps political rival. on september 11th the hold was finally lifted after significant press coverage and bipartisan congressional expressions of concern about the withholding of security assistance. although we knew the hold was lifted, we were still concerned that president zelensky had committed in exchange for the lifting to give the requested cnn interview. we had several indications the inte...

He needs our support. he needs president putin to understand that america supports zelensky at the highest levels. so this is -- this doesnt end with the lifting of the security assistance hold. ukraine still needs us and as i said still fighting this war this very day. >> i would underscore as my colleague didnd so elegantly th got caught. thats the reason the aid was finally lifted. mr. goldman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning to both of you. yesterday we heard testimony from ambassad...

18th, an omb representative relayed that the white house chief of staff has conveyed that the president has concerns about ukraine and ukraine security assistance, unquote. and that a hold had been ordered by the president. no explanation was provided. all of the agencies responsible for ukraine policy supported security assistance and advocates for lifting of the hold. the only dissenting voice was the office of management and budget which was following the orders of president trump and still n...

On july 18, a representative relayed the white house chief of staff has conveyed that the president has concerns about ukraine and that a hold had been ordered by the president. no explanation was provided. all of the agencies responsible for ukraine policy supported security assistance and advocated for lifting of the hold. the only dissenting voice was the office of management and budget which was following the orders of president trump, and still no good explanation of the hold was provided. ...

18th, an omb representative relayed that quote, the white house chief of staff has conveyed that the president has concerns about ukraine and ukraines security assistance unquote. and that a hold had been ordered by the president. no explanation was provided. all of the agencies responsible for ukraine policy supported security assistance and advocated for lifting of the hold. the only dissenting voice was the office of management and budget, which was following the orders of president trump. an...

About the meeting? >> i was not there. the issue i remember most starkly was ambassador bolton was quite annoyed that ambassador sondland crashed the briefing. but the ambassador had everything he needed to ensure that the president or the vice president were well prepared. >> but did you brief ambassador bolton before he had an opportunity to pleat wi-- to me the vice president? >> i didnt need to. ambassador bolton was there. but as far as you know ambassador bolton communicated to the vice ...

About those zelensky meeting? >> i was not there. the issue i remember most starkly was ambassador bolden was quite annoyed that sondland crashed. but the ambassador at everything he needed to ensure that the president or the vice president were well prepared. >> did you brief ambassador bolden before he had an opportunity to meet with the vice president? >> i do not need to. ambassador bolden was there. >> but as far as you know, ambassador bolden communicated to the vice president that the goi...