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>> and when you said melding in an election or meddling in an investigation. he didnt say "i," he said "we," is that correct? >> im taking that from the statement. >> yield back. >> mr. morrison, my colleague from california suggests he knows your opinions and your thoughts better than you do. he did not give you the opportunity to respond. do you have a response or want to give a response? >> no, sir. i heard the president make a request. i received no direction at any time to attempt to lead a...

Which -- by the way, you said that the statement didnt go anywhere. ambassador volker said it wasnt a good idea. mr. yermak said it wasnt a good idea. the secretary, it relates to a generic openness subject. right? >> yeah, i think the secretary that was on the july 25th call. which obviously i was not on and i didnt know about. >> but you use this email to suggest that everyone was in the loop. security sector assistance was tied to some sort of act by the ukrainians. >> no, i dont think i said...

Instructed. >> not meddling in an election, meddling in an investigation, he didnt say "i do," he said "we." >> im taking them from the testimony. >> i yield back. >> my colleague from california suggests he knows your opinions and thoughts better than you did. he didnt give you the opportunity to respond. do you want to give a response? >> no, sir. i heard the president made a request. i received no direction at any time to attempt to lead a policy process different from what i laid out in my d...

Own. i did not believe he was a always instructed. >> and when you said not medding in apinvestigation, or meddling in an investigation, he did not say i but we, is that correct? >> im taking that from the statement. >> yield back. >> mr. morrison, my colleague from california suggests he knows your opinions and your thoughts better than you do. he didnt give you the opportunity to respond. do you have a response or want to give a response? >> no, sir, i heard the president make a request. i rec...

Have to have the prosecutor general make a statement with respect to the investigations as a condition of having the aid lifted. >> and you testified that you were not comfortable with what ambassador sondland had told you. why not? >> well, i was concerned about what i saw as essentially an additional hurdle to accomplishing what i had been directed to help accomplish which was giving the president the information he needed to determine that the security sector assistance could go forward. >> s...

Concerns about the state of corruption in ukraine and the presidents prioritization of getting the europeans to contribute more to security sector assistance. >> and did he directly explain to the ukrainians that those -- that those were the actual reasons for the hold or was he just commenting on general concerns of the president? >> i dont know that he necessarily acknowledged a hold. we -- he mentioned we were reviewing the assistance and that is the way i heard it. that is the way i would ch...

>> can you repeat the question. im sorry. >> you testified at your deposition that once the aid was lifted, despite all of the things going on in the background, that u.s./ukraine relations were strong. >> yes. >> or as good as you want them to be? >> yes. >> and you referenced that the security sector assistance was lifted and any hold on that and there was a positive meeting in new york -- >> that is correct. >> -- and there was momentum in putting pressure on the russians, is that correct. >>...

Concerns about corruption in ukraine and the presidents prioritization of getting the europeans to contribute more to security sector assistance. >> that he directly explain to the ukrainians that those were the actual reasons for the hold? was he commenting on general concerns of the president? >> i dont know that he necessarily acknowledged the hold. he mentioned that we were reviewing the assistance. that is the way that i herded. thats the way i would characterize it. and those of the points...

General make a statement with respect to the investigations as a condition of having the -- lifted. >> you testified that you are not comfortable with what ambassador sondland had told you. why not? >> well, i was concerned about what i saw as essentially an additional hurdle to accomplish what i have been directed to help accomplish, which was giving the president the information he needed to determine that the security sector systems could go forward. >> so now there is a whole other wrinkle t...

Im sorry. >> you testified at your deposition that once the aide was lifted despite all of the things in the background that u.s.-ukrainian relations were strong and as good as you will want them to be? >> yes. >> you reference to that the security sector assistance was lifted, any hold on that that there was a positive meeting in new york? >> thats correct. >> was momentum putting pressure? >> that is correct. >> in your deposition you made it clear that president trump had a deep-rooted negati...