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To investigate what happened in the past and apply its own laws. No one in the new team had anything to do with anything that may have happened in 2016. They were making Television Shows at the time. Iral i also said it is credible to me that he would have been influenced by financial or personal motives in carrying out duties as Vice President. A different issue is whether some individual ukrainians may have attempted to influence the 2016 election or thought they could buy influence. That is a...

May, i believe you testified it was one of the largest delegations . I believe it was. I cant be 100 sure but i believe it was the Largest National delegation. Okay. And included in the delegation was Secretary Perry. Secretary perry, ambassador sondland, myself and senator ron johnson was there and the target defair joe pennington. And we talked a little bit this morning but the president Zelensky Inauguration came together rather quickly. It did. I believe we had about three days notice in whi...

Concerning the allegations, i stressed that no one in the new team governing ukraine had anything to do with anything that may have happened in 2016. They were making Television Shows at the time. I also said that it is not credible to me that former Vice President biden would have been influenced in any way by financial or personal motives in carrying out his duties as Vice President. A different issue is whether some individual ukrainians may have attempted to influence the 2016 election or th...

To the transcript for their official duties always was able to access it, correct? people that had a need to know and need to access it. >> once it was moved to the compartment system? >> yes. >> yes. >> mem com of the july 25th call was in your experience prepared regularly. >> yes. >> there isnt a exact transcript of what is said on the call, correct. >> correct. >> there is note takers in the shi situation room and they prepare a draft and it is circulated among relevant parties? >> essential...

Wanted to make sure that john eisenberg as the legal adviser and his deputy were aware to review this particular transcript. >> and you wanted them to review it because he were concerned about the potential political consequences not because anything is wrong. >> and political consequences is an umbrella term to describe a series of effects i feared about what would happen if and when the content of the transcript or the mem com leaked. >> so to make sure i understand this correctly, mr. morriso...

For "burisma." and when that edit was not installed did you give you negative feedback that was crucial that that edit get in the document. >> not that i recall. >> did you ever raise any concerns about the accuracy of the transcript? >> not that i can recall. >> did he raise any concerns to you generally about the call? >> when we were discussing the track changes verpgs of the mem com, i believe he had some concerns about the call. i believe we both agreed we wanted that more full-throat the e...

Please remind me but the two concerns i had were, one, i didnt see representatives of nsc legal on the call. so i wanted to mike sure that the legal adviser and his deputy were aware of the call. and i was also concerned about taking steps to protect the mem com limited disclosure for fear of the consequences of it leaking. >> and you were concerned about it leaking because you worried about how it would play out in washingtons poll airized political environment, correct. >> yes. >> and you were...

Were often on head of state calls but not always. i wanted to make sure that john eisenberg is the legal adviser and his deputy were aware to review this particular transcript. >> you wanted them to review it because of the potential political consequences, not because anything was wrong? >> correct. political consequences was an umbrella term i used in my statement to describe a series of events. i feared about what would happen if and when the content of the transcript or the content of the me...

According to this testimony obtained by fox news, tim morrison said "i want to be clear, i was not concerned anything illegal was discussed. he sat on the national security council and has direct knowledge of the call and significantly after allegations the white house transcript was tampered with, he said today to the best of my recollection, the memcom -- a short form for memorandum of the call -- accurately and reflects the substance of the call. i asked the national security council legal ad...

And then this administration can get on with the governments business. >> a question for you as a former national security adviser. i know that you were probably tasked to listen to some of president clintons calls with foreign leaders, i imagine. and theres been a lot of focus placed on the elipses and the notes of the presidents call with his ukrainian counterpart. how unusual is that? and how do you interpret that? >> ive sat in on hundreds of phone calls in the oval office traveling in the s...