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Unless, ambassador, youve given us a lot of evidence of precisely that condition of both the white house meeting and the military assistance. youve told us, have you not, that you emailed the secretary of state and said that if these investigations were announced, the new justice person was put in place, that the ukrainians would be prepared to give the president what he wants and that would break the log jam. youve testified and showed us documents about this. >> i have. >> and in your written ...

At the unclassified level. any information that may touch on classified information will be addressed separately. second, congress will not toleratereprisal, threat of reprisal or attempt to retaliate against any government official for testifying against congress, including you or your colleagues. if you will rise and raise your right hand i will swear you in. do you swear or affirm that the testimony youre about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you ...

Congress. including you or any of your colleagues. if you would both please rise and raise your right hand, i will begin by swearing you in. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record show that the witnesses have answered in the affirmati affirmative. thank you and you may be seated. the microphones are sensitive, so please speak directly into them. without objection, your written stateme...

Sondland would be responsible for ukraine, right, ms. williams? >> i would say because of this significant relationship between the eu and ukraine, that would fall to ambassador sondland. obviously we have an ambassador in ukraine as well. >> colonel vindman, you would agree? >> i agree with ms. williams. >> lieutenant colonel, you said in your written statement that mayor rudolph giuliani defied policy. >> i said false narrative in the record this morning, but i have not met him. >> so you neve...

Official testifying before congress including you or any of your colleagues. if you would both please rise and raise your right hand i will begin by swearing you in. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record show the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. thank you and you may be seated. microphones are sensitive so please speak directly into them. without objection your written sta...

Sondland were responsible for advancing our interests in nato and the eu, is that right, ms. williams? >> i would say certainly in terms of this specific relationship between nato and the ukraine, that would fall to ambassador hutchison and for ukraithe eu, ambassador sondland. >> do you agree, lieutenant colonel vindman? >> i would agree. >> thank you. lieutenant colonel, you said in your written statement that mayor rudolph giuliani promoted false information. have you ever met jugiuliani? >> ...

>> so youve never advised the president of the united states on ukraine? >> i advised him indirectly. i made all the preparations for his calls. >> youve never spoken to the president and told him advice on ukraine? >> that is correct. >> so in your written statement you said in may i attended the inauguration of president zelensky as part of the presidential delegation led by secretary perry. you were a member but you werent in that meeting, were you? >> that is correct. >> well just note there...

That are coming out now once. he already offered a correction to his testimony. he provided a written statement that said now that ive heard the testimony of some other witnesses and my memory has been refreshed, i want to correct the following things. and now, more information is coming out that contradicts his initial testimony. its kind of awkward when even the corrected testimony needs to be corrected. you know, theres a famous phrase by william shakespeare that says the truth will out. ulti...

Second, congress will not tolerate any reprisal, threat of reprisal or attempt to retaliate against any official for testifying before congress, including you or any of your colleagues. if you would please rise and raise your right hand ill begin by swearing you in. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record show that the witness has answered in the affirmative. thank you, and please be s...

Verbal comment or a written document. and here the defendant wanted to submit a written statement saying he wasnt properly read his miranda rights. he didnt understand them. and he didnt knowingly wave them. the judge said sorry, you cant do that because it is hearsay. and the spirit of the hearsay doctrine is you have got to be subjected to cross-examination. if you just let him submit a written affidavit, he cant be cross-examined. so the judge made the right ruling. ainsley: what is going to ...