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The impeachment inquiry. it shows that what was going on was wrong, and they knew it, despite the presidents current stance to the contrary. >> it gets to a different picture, and jennifer says this. if this is true, mac, is this a cover-up? >> no question about it. the key fact here is that omb was looking for a reason to stop the aid after the whistle-blower came forward to complain about trumps phone call on july 25th with zelensky. theres no reason to stop that aid and thats one of the thing...

Of the day came while being questioned by the republican counsel she started by explaining why she got so upset with one of the people running point on the presidents extortion scheme, ambassador gordon sondland. >> i was upset with him that he wasnt fully telling us about all of the meetings he was having. and he said to me that im briefing the president. im briefing chief of staff mulvaney. im briefing secretary pompeo, and ive talked to ambassador bolton. who else do i have to deal with? it s...

Theme throughout the entire week pompeo was looped into and made a part of the extortion scheme at every turn. not to mention he was actually on the call in which the president pressured the ukrainian president to pull off the political hit job on his opponent. and yet secretary pompeo has refused to release relevant records and documents to the state department and has been dodging questions about his own conduct in the matter. all the while eyeing the exits in hopes of a senate run. first, joh...

Seems like another lifetime, but it was just yesterday, the man at the center of the presidents extortion scheme testified before congress. u.s. ambassador to yourian union gordon sondland sat for more than six hours before the committee and he did in the end make his plane back to brussels. even more importantly sonldland implicated seemingly just about everyone involved in the scheme and his testimony produced headlines like this. we followed the presidents orders and yes there was a quid pro ...

Important about the importance of overcoming and certainly partisan, you know, division. and its unfortunate that congressman turner and radcliffe have both left as well because i think all of us who came here under a legal obligation also feltd we had a moral obligation to do so. >> fiona hills ultimate moment of the day came while being questioned by the republican counsel she started by explaining why she got so upset with one of the people running point on the presidents extortion scheme, am...

One thing weve learned from this impeachment testimony particularly from gordon sondland yesterday but really a theme throughout the entire week pompeo was looped into and made a part of the extortion scheme at every turn. not to mention he was actually on the call in which the president pressured the ukrainian president to pull off the political hit job on his opponent. and yet secretary pompeo has refused to release relevant records and documents to the state department and has been dodging qu...

Was successful. the extortion scheme was successful. and his response was good, what about sweden? >> yes, sir. the ukraine portion of that conversation was extremely brief. >> what was the first thing the president said on the call? >> you had a clear recollection of this conversation. >> yes, sir. >> mr. ratcliffe, please allow mr. holmes to answer. >> yes, sir. greeted the president. >> how? >> he said, hello, mr. president, im in kiev, and the president said are you in ukraine? >> do you thi...

Then he turned to the sweden conversation. >> what did president trump say next? >> he said good. what about sweden? >> good, what about sweden? good, what about sweden? why isnt that in your statement? >> sir, its not a word for word every single word of the conversation. >> but its the most important part of the conversation. >> well, then they turned to sweden. they turned to the other topic. >> respectfully, mr. holmes, this impeachment inquiry is based on a call the day before where preside...

Conversation. where are we in the testimony? what did president trump say next? >> good. what about sweden? >> good. what about sweden? good. what about sweden? why isnt that in your statement? >> sir, its not a word for word every single word in the conversation. >> but its the most important part of the conversation. >> respectfully, mr. holmes. this impeachment inquiry is based on the call the day before where president trump as part of a bribery scheme, as part of an extortion scheme and as ...

Witness to president trump receiving word that the bribery scheme was successful. the extortion scheme was successful. and his response, his response was good, what about sweden? >> yes, sir. the ukraine portion of that conversation was extremely brief. >> what was the first thing the president said on the call? clear recollection of this conversation. >> sondland greeted the president. >> how? >> he said, hello, mr. president. im in kiev and the president said, are you in ukraine? >> you think ...