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With ukrainian president zelensky were all corroborated by the rough transcript trump himself released, most importantly trump did ask zelensky to investigate joe biden and to investigate this debunked democratic national committee server conspiracy theory. so, yes, the whistle-blowers accusations were indeed corroborated. >> sometimes the president will say he was just joking but he really dug in his heels when it came to hurricane dorian and alabama. he tweeted in addition to north carolina so...

Its a sham. its a hoax. youre trivializing impeachment, he said. then about 60 seconds later, the man so concerned with trivializing impeachment and the pursuit of facts and truth, laid a whopper. he claimed the favor he was asking of ukraine in that july 25th phone call wasnt for him. no, the "us" he was referring to when he asked ukraines president to, quote, do us a favor was actually us, the country. thats right. you and me. take a listen. >> you said, do me a favor. no, it didnt say that. i...

Never said the word. incidentally wed be remiss if we didnt point out that on this friday the 13th, that the man responsible for pursuing those biden allegations, rudy giuliani, was back at the white house today. well have that story later in the program. right now we want to stick with the trial ahead for donald trump because while this debasement of truth starts at the top, it doesnt end there. listen to what republican -- one republican congresswoman told cnns manu raju when he asked about th...

President know and when did he know it. there is a reason that no one here has repeated those questions during these h hearin. we know what the president did. and we know when he knew it. mr. goldman, who sent rudy giuliani to ukraine to smear joe biden? >> president trump. >> who fired the anti-corruption ambassador in ukraine, marie yovanovitch? >> president trump. >> who told ambassador sondland and ambassador volker to work with rudy giuliani on ukraine? >> president trump. >> who told vice ...

His direct bosses are people who are not shy about sliming the department and the organization he leads. thats a tough spot to be in. >> let me read what you write today about attorney general barr. this is a personal anecdote. your 89-year-old mother-in-law watching fox news became convinced that i was going to jail you write. i repeatedly assured her that there was a 0% chance of that. its all made up i would tell her. but i couldnt say that publicly because the investigation wasnt doneus yet....

Mr. giuliani not only played a role but that he was essentially the presidents agent. he was acting on behalf of the president expressing the presidents wishes, desires. >> so what evidence did the committee find that corroborated the quote everyone was in the loop? >> well, ambassador sondland producednd for his public testimony. i think its very important in light of the testimony from mr. castor a minute ago with mr. buck as to how many times that mr. sondland did not remember in his depositi...

Theen following in your finding of fact? president trumpin ordered the suspension of $391 million in vital military assistance urgently needed bymi ukraine. and the president did so despite his obligations under the impoundment control act. did you find that? >> yes. >> all right. so not only did the president abuse his powers for personal gain and not only was it illegal. his actions also harmed u.s. national security. so its a fundamental tenant of u.s. national security to push back against r...

Important because the minority wants tois focus on these four very narrow facts that ignore the vast majority of the evidence. so the fact that you use scheme is actually critical to the wholeal case here. >> the president abused his power. the president must be held accountable. no one is aboveta the law. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. mr. gaetz? >> we are continuing to monitor todays impeachment hearing in front of the house judiciary committee. attorneys for the democrats and rep...

>> the inspector general did not find political bias or improper motivations impacting the opening of the investigation or the decision to use certain investigative tools during the investigations. >> including fisa. >> including fisa. >> so that statement puts him at oddshi is an understatement, on the other side of the grand canyon from attorney general barr and donald trump today. you may have walked in some shoes similar to that. whats it like to be chris wray today? >> well, first of all he...

Going on today. so president zelensky is meeting with putinin today. and because of president trumps actions, zelensky is in a weakened position to negotiate with thea leader of the nation that invaded his country. if our military assistance had been providedy as congress ordered it and the white house meeting, president zelensky would be meeting with putin from a position of strength. if you want the support -- what we have to realize is that the message this sends to our allies and to our stan...