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In its own committee before house votes could occur before christmas to impeach this president. chris, what shes saying here, thats not going to be delayed, that timeframe because she does not want to wait in court to get witnesses that could provide more details and democrats ive spoken to agree with her because they believe they have more than enough evidence to link the president to both withholding the security aid as well as this key meeting in exchange for this announcement by ukraine to l...

And even after now as an aside even after the whistle-blower had come forward. is that right? >> it was correct that the hold was released on september 11th, yes. >> i know i and many of us here share dods concerns about the legality of the hold, and i want to thank you, ms. cooper, for voicing dods concerns to the white house and pursuing the national security interests of the united states. i yield back. >> mr. ratcliffe? >> chairman. miss cooper, based on the e-mails that you mentioned in you...

Suspension of aid i later came to believe that the resumption of security aid would not occur until there was a public statement from ukraine committing to the investigations of the 2016 elections and to respond to the president ever tell you personally about any preconditions for anything now ok so the president never told you about any preconditions for the aid to be released no the president never told you about any preconditions for a white house meeting. personally no it was the presidents ...

An aside -- this is even after the whistle-blower had come forward. is that right? >> it is correct that the hold was released on september 11th, yes. >> well, i know i and many of us here share dods concerns about the legality of the hold. and i want to thank you for voicing dods concerns to the white house in pursuing the national security interests of the united states. i yield back. >> mr. radcliffe. >> chairman. mrs. cooper, based on the new e-mails you mentioned in your opening and subsequ...

Usaa insurance is made just the way martins family needs it - with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, thats whats right. usaa. what youre made of, were made for. usaa everyone was in the loop. it was no secret. everyone was informed. the leadership of the state department, the national security council and the white house were all informed about the ukraine efforts from may 23rd, 2019, until the security aid was released on...

Not been definitively linked to withholding security aid to ukraine in exchange for investigations. they continually asked witnesses today whether or not they had any evidence that the president had done that. they continued to get the answer no. while its a very narrow set of goals, they believe they achieved that as well. >> tomorrow, ambassador sondland is testifying. what are you hearing on the anticipation on that? >> its huge. i think the most interesting thing is whether republican or dem...

Shortly before entering this hearing room but it sounds accurate, yes. >> appreciate that. >> ambassador, youre aware of no connection between the pause of aid in exchange for any kind of investigation, is that correct? >> im sorry. i missed a key word. could you repeat the question. youre not aware of any connection between the pause in aid and exchange for some kind of investigation being announced or done by ukraine, is that right? >> correct. >> youre not aware of secretary pompeo having any...

Through this document, his opening statement as well. he says specifically what they were demanding, everyone was demanding from the ukrainian leadership was a public statement announcing the investigations in the 2016 election, dnc server and burisma. they wanted all of that. burisma meaning the dirt on the bidens. >> you know who else was in the loop? the ukrainians. he says, i shared my concerns with ukraine. >> he also says he shared his concerns with senator ron johnson. >> the idea the ukr...

Announcement of ukraine going forward with these investigations. very significant saying that. and a couple of excerpts here that well read from this opening statement, discussing the role of rudy giuliani who, of course, the president had directed as part of this effort saying, first, secretary perry, ambassador volker and i worked with mr. rudy giuliani on ukraine matters. at the express direction of the president of the united states. we did not want to work with mr. giuliani. simply put, we ...

Later on the subject of security aid, you testified "in the absence of any credible expert nation for the hold, i came to the conclusion, like the aid like the white house visit, was jeopardized in preparation for the december 1 -- december 1 meeting in warsaw, i asked secretary pompeo whether a face-to-face conversation with trump and zelensky could help break the logjam." this is from an email but the state department refuses to provide to us but you have provided to us, ambassador. it reads "...