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In all of these matters and the efforts by republicans to go after some of his underlings, some of his deputies and his aides simply does not -- this contradicts that republican push. and i also asked him whether or not he believes sondland was truthful to his committee. >> this is very, obviously, very important because there is an effort to -- apparently to, by the presidents allies, to throw sondland under the bus, throw mulvaney under the bus, throw everybody under the bus in an toefrts prot...

President was still pushing privately for these investigations, including into former president -- vice president joe biden. yesterday, also, adam schiff made clear that this shows that the president was directly involved in some of these decisions and that they could no longer blame people below him. >> in the presence of my staff, at a restaurant, ambassador sondland called president trump and told him of his meetings in kyiv. the member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone aski...

This new fact not previously in the record he said he believed the committee was following up on it. indeed they are. now we know. >> in terms of the new information ambassador taylor gave today about this conversation the day after president trump is on the phone with president zelensky, in which one of ambassador taylors staff is overhearing a conversation between sondland and the president, and the president is speaking loud enough where he can hear part of the conversation. and the president...

Say this. >> this is very obviously very important because there is an effort apparently to, by the presidents allies, to throw sondland under the bus, throw mulvaney, throw anybody under the bus in an effort to protect the president. but what this call indicates as other testimony has likewise indicated, is that the instructions are coming from the president on down. >> reporter: now i also asked adam schiff whether or not he believes that gordon sondland himself told the truth in his testimony...

Secondhand information. >> the president -- you didnt listen in on president trump and zelenskys call? >> i did not. >> you never talked with chief of staff mulvaney. >> i didnt. >> and you never met the president and it didnt come up. >> and two of those it didnt hear as far as i know -- >> and president zelensky never made an announcement. this is what i cant believe. and youre theyre star witness. youre their first witness. >> let me just say that i dont consider myself a star witness for any...

Apparently to throw sondland under the bus, throw mulvaney under the bus in an effort to protect the president. but what this call indicates as other testimony has likewise indicated is that instructions are coming from the president on down. mick mulvaney made that abundantly clear in his press conference. but this call also makes it abundantly clear. and i think ambassador taylor made it abundantly clear when taylor testified that he wanted sondland to push back on trumps demand for these inve...