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You -- >> is there a question for dr. hill? >> mr. holmes, in your testimony you said that sondland said hole hell do anything you want. that information had nothing what to do with these hearings and it was anecdotal and extraneous and your interests are protecting ukraine are very dubious when you embarrass president zelensky by making those statements. who cares that ambassador sondland said that. you didnt embarrass ambassador sondland you, embarrassed zelensky. >> thank you, chairman. thank...

There would be a call, there was a call package prepared in advance. i just cannot say how much of that call package had perhaps been prepared since, for example, the inauguration of president zelensky was then used as basic material for the 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 is when it was released to the public...

With four minutes left, i am turning to the two witnesses. thank you both for yourselves. thank you, dr. hill, for 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 july 15th, physically left the white house on july 19th, correct? >> that is correct, yes. >> that means by the time there was the july 25th call with president trump and president zelensky, you were no longer on the nsc...

Conversation, sir. at the end of the conversation he said this, he was giving the president advice on how to deal with the rocky situation and they should have released him on your word. >> so, to be clear. when president trump received word that president zelensky had agreed 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...

Zelensky met at the u.n.? >> they did, not at the oval office. >> they did have a meeting at the u.n. >> yes. >> thank you. i yield back. >> mr. swalwell. >> dr. hill, yesterday i think a lot of americans were scratching their heads as ambassador sondland testified that on september 9 he calls the president of the united states and just says broadly what do you want from ukraine, and the president says theres no quid pro quo. theres no quid pro quo. like being pulled over for speeding, being ask...

I think this just illustrates the point and the problem that were dealing with here today. >> certainly. i was also struck by your testimony that you were also the target of false accusations during your time in the trump administration. you testified, mamerabout being accused as a mole in the white house. you testified about death threats at your home. >> that was in august 2017. >> im sorry you had to go through all of this, maam. you are not easily deterred, are you, dr. hill? >> i am not. >>...

Had become quite apparent that the president wasnt very keen on having a meeting with mr. zelensky for all the reasons we are trying to lay out today. you 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. her removal was pretty despa despairaging. can you explain this to u...

Which as you stated today is an important strategic deterrent to russia. i want to highlight on the record, this has been asked, javelins were provided by the trump administration and not the obama administration. correct? >> thats correct. i would just say we discussed importance of all security assistance to ukraine. >> thats right. thank you for being the host on that. dr. hill, back to you, theres discussion about process of scheduling the meeting between president zelensky and president tru...

Conjunction with the embassy in kiev and an action plan. this are things that they were basically moving forward on the various issues that were on the list of items. rudy giuliani and other people didnt care at all about this. ambassador sondland wasnt particularly interested in it either. it is quite boring. wouldnt make for good copy in the press and the kind of thing that everybody in the routine would move forward on. >> mr. holmes, you talked about the extraordinary power that russia tries...

Been reporting on this and all of the details. thank you to both of you. ambassador, lafayette et me sta you. president zelensky says ukraine is ready to cooperate with the united states on defense. the president says quote "i would like you to do us a favor though." tell me what it means to you. >> the ukrainians are fighting for their lives. zelensky needed that $391 million and u.s. military assistance. the absence of the president saying in this summary of the conversation hey, i am going to...