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Do you swear or affirm that the testimony youre about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you. and please be seated. the microphones are sensitive. the written statements will be made part of the record. with that, mr. morrison you are recognized and immediately thereafter, ambassador volker, you are recognized for your opening statement. >> chairman schiff, ranking member nunez...

Characterized president trumps state of corruption in ukraine. and the presidents prioritization of getting the europeans to contribute more to security sector assistance. zwr was he commenting on general concerns of the hold? >> i didnt mention a hold. he mentioned we were reviewing the assistance and thats the way i heard it and characterize it. and those are the points he raised to help him understand where we were in our process. that is the coordinator of the interagency process. you were n...

>> that ukrainians would 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 this the security sector ass...

Asked president zelensky whether he could, you know, help him out, which i understood to be these investigations, and that president zelensky had said that h is putting in a new prosecutor general and that he doesnt control -- i mean, this is approximately what he said -- that that person is an independent individual. > and you learned about that before the call was made public? >> thats correct. >> likewise, you were not involved in any discussions surrounding the security sector assistance fun...

Asked president zelensky whether he could help him out, which i understood to be these investigations, and that president zelensky had said that he is putting in a new prosecutor general, and that he does not control -- i mean, this is approximately what he said. that that person is an independent individual. >> and you learned about that before the call was made public? >> thats correct. >> you are not involved in any discussions surrounding the security sector assistance funds to ukraine? they...

President trump had asked president zelensky whether he could, you know, help him out, which i understood to be these investigations, and that president zelensky had said that he is putting in a new prosecutor general and that he doesnt control -- i mean, this is approximately what he said, that that person is an independent individual. >> and you learned about that before the call was made public? >> thats correct. >> likewise, you were not involved in any discussions surrounding the security s...

He has no history of occupational association with democrats or republicans. todays witness to the phone call is a career long partisan republican who served on republican congressional staffs before joining the white house staff, tim morrison has been serving as senior director for european affairs at the white house and the national security council. tim morrison is leaving that job, and his employment future is entirely dependent on the good graces of republicans in washington, either as a lo...

Staff. tim morrison has been serving as senior director for european affairs at the white house and the national security council. tim morrison is leaving that job, and his employment future is entirely dependent on the good graces of republican in washington. either as a lobbyist with access to republicans or with any future government position. tim morrison seemed to be looking for ways to keep his options open in future republican employment in his testimony today when he tried to be as gener...

American indian history, and knicks in addition privilege of attending ceremony in arlington. mr. president, you have here a great democracy. keep it going on. we had a very good discussion with the president. i can mention our diplomatic relations are -- during that time we have developed cooperation, not only in official meetings like this, but american and finnish people, scientists, for example, meet each other, cooperating, working together. we have quite a lot of cooperation in security se...

Museum of american indian history. in addition to that, i had a possibility of attending a ceremony in arlington. mr. president , you have here great democracy. keep it going on. we had a very good discussion with the president, like you mentioned. our diplomatic relations are 10. during that time, we have developed our cooperation not only in official meetings like this but american and finnish people, scientists for example, meet each other, cooperating, working together. we have quite a lot o...