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Government and the Justice Department, thats the perfect way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . It is appropriate for the Justice Department and the prosecutor again to cooperate and exchange information, yes. To the extent the president had concerns and the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham looking into that. Is that entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for should be in touch with our official challenge . I dont know the precise appropriaten...

Figures constitutional patriotism. It look like President Trump might get away. Most americans didnt know anything about it in the few who knew of it would be too afraid, too intimidated to cross the most powerful man on earth. President trump could rest easy. But if donald trump misjudged the american character, the framers of our constitution did not. I account for 17 honorable Public Servants who came forward to testify over the intimidation and disparagement of the president. Is that right, ...

Commander, nato commander, retired general saying that the russians have any chance of taking kyiv and holding it. >> so they have a chance of taking it. its just at what cost, what would be left. >> and the second part of that, and holding it. right now, theyre actually fighting the best war they can fight which is outside of the city. the second they go into the city with 2 million inhabitants, every military expert says it gets bloodier. >> others on your panel would have a better sense than ...

Still had not got a meeting at the white house, still needed aid from the united states. >> thats right, and david holmes testified very persuasively about the importance of the white house meeting and of the relationship to ukraine even after the speech 26 was lifted, including pointing to today when president trump and president zelensky mehta discussed the war in the east. >> the evidence knew that he had the power to enforce ukraines hand and took advantage of that desperation and abuse his ...

Smith correct. ambassador sondland said that president trump himself brought up the words quid pro quo? >> thats right. ambassador sondland also said that too. >> mr. goldman, what did the committee make of this fact? >> it was quite odd the president would volunteer in response to nothing about a quid pro quo that there was no. quid pro quo. what was more important immediately after that was which is effectively conduct that amounts to the quid pro quo. there is no quid pro quo but you have to ...

Right? >> writes. >> according to the u.s. investor to ukraine and we have ambassador taylors testimony there, it wasnt until ambassador sondland told the ukrainians that there would be , but zelensky agreed to the investigations president trump was demanding, correct? >> thats right, yes. >> furthermore the committee heard testimonies that they felt they had no choice but to comply with president trumps demands. correct? >> yes, even after the aide was released. >> in fact, when asked of presid...

>> sinking feeling? >> thinking feeling, correct. he went and talked to the lawyers at the direction of ambassador bolton. >> correct. and mr. goldman, ambassador taylor also testified that he concluded that the military aid was conditioned on the zelensky announcing the investigations and he testified that this was illogical, crazy, and wrong. is that right? >> thats what ambassador taylor testified to, yes. >> my colleagues have also pointed out that on september 9th, a text message from sondl...

20 section election interference, and that president zelensky should want to do that himself? >> thats right. we had a number of different accounts on this. >> they are up on the boards here. >> i see this. ambassador taylor said that mr. morrison said something similar, their understandings of that conversation was there was a clear directive that there was a quid pro quo factually from the conduct, from the actions. we talk a lot today about the words and zelensky said no pressure, trump had n...

September 7th in a call with ambassador sondland. mr. goldman, did you receive testimony about this september 7 call? >> yes, we received testimony from three witnesses about it and it gets a little complicat complicated. but that was a consistent refrain through all of the witnesses is the president did say "no quid pro quo." >> mr. morrison that same date? >> mr. morrison then reported to master taylor, correct? >> thats correct, yes. >> both mr. morrison and ambassador taylor took most of tho...

>> its very uncommon to speak with any political ambassador on the phone for a president and certainly one you dont know or know anything about. >> although this president does work the phones. i think the reporting is clear on this he calls a lot of people. he calls members of congress all the time. i think he calls more. >> but how important is ukraine to the president other than the bidens and crowd strike. >> that i understand is important. but it just seems like a, for the president to inve...