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A reasonable person could also conclude that the president violated the impoundment control act of 1974, which congress passed as a response to president nixons abuse of power. so id like to explore that a little further with you, mr. goldman. in this case, congress, with bipartisan support, had appropriated taxpayer funds for the specific purpose of aiding ukraine in its war against russia. is that right?int >> yes. >> and not only had that money been appropriated, the money had actually been r...

Sondlands. he said he was giving the president advice on how to do with his asap rocky situation. they should have released him on your word and can you tell the kardashians you tried. >> you to be clear when president trump received word that president zelensky had agree to the investigations, he said good. what about sweden? >> yes. >> when exactly did gordon sondland ask president zelensky about the investigations? >> im sorry, sir? >> when did he ask about the investigations? >> when did gor...

Of that call package that had perhaps been prepared since, for example, the inauguration of president zelensky was then used as the basic material for that call. so i did take part in the preparation of that standard call package, but i did not take part in any preparation for the specific call on july 25th. >> and the first time you actually read the transcript of the call was when it was released to the public? >> thats correct. >> mr. holmes, i wanted to turn to you. good to see you again. th...

Russia. i just want to highlight on the record, i know this has been asked, the javelins were provided by the trump administration and not the obama administration. correct? >> thats correct. and i would just say i think we discussed the importance of all our security assistance to ukraine not just javelins. >> absolutely all of our security assistance which i strongly support. again, thank you for being a host on that. dr. hill, turning back to you. there has been discussion about the process o...

Relation to ukrainian oligarchs who basically were the owner of the tv company that mr. zelenskys program had been a part of; is that correct? >> that is correct. >> you know, just distilling this down to the key facts, i wanted to ask both of you three key questions. the fact of the matter is ukraine ultimately did receive the aid, correct, mr. holmes? >> ultimately. >> yes. and dr. hill? >> correct, ultimately. >> and there was no investigation into the bidens, correct, mr. holmes? >> they did...

Service. thank you, dr. hill, for your comments on the personal attacks. i wanted to ask you each fact-based questions. dr. hill, you testified that you handed over your duties on the nsc to tim morrison on july 15th and that you physically left the white house on july 19th, correct? >> that is correct, yes. >> so that means that by the time there was the july 25th call with president trump and president zelensky, you were no longer on the nsc? , correct? >> actually, i was still technically on ...

Very keen on having anything with mr. zelensky for all the reasons that we have been trying to lay out today. and we were -- raise the expectation of an invitation coming shortly. >> dr. hill, you also testified, maam, that ambassador sondland was frequently meeting with mr. mulvaney. mr. giulianis campaign of lies ultimately led to ambassador yovanovitch being recalled from her post in april 2019. have you also testified, maam, that her removal was pretty dispritting and a turning point for you...

Action plan. these are things that in fact colonel vindman and others were working on. moving forward on the various issues that were on the list of items. clearly rudy giuliani and other people didnt care at all about this. ambassador sondland wasnt particularly interested in it either. its quite boring. it wouldnt make for good copy in the press. and its kind of thing that everybody in a routine moves forward on. >> mr. holmes, you talked about the extraordinary power that russia tries to asse...

>> mr. holmes, in your testimony, you said that sondland said he loves your ass and also said he will do anything you want. mr. holmes that information had nothing to do with the subject matter, the subject matter of any of these hearings. it was antidotal, it was extraneous. your statements your interest are protecting ukraine are very dubious when you embarrass president zelensky by making those statements. he didnt have to make. who cares that ambassador sondland said that? you know you didnt...

Concerns related to zelenskys ability to have anti-corruption reforms, in relation to ukranian oligarchs that basically were owner of the tv company mr. zelenskys program had been part of, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> just distilling it down to the key facts, i wanted to ask both of you three key questions. the fact of the matter is ukraine ultimately did receive the aid, correct, mr. holmes? >> ultimately. >> yes. and dr. hill? >> yes, ultimately. >> there was no investigation into t...