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To that, that this focus should not be on him. it should be on president trump, and he repeated what we heard often. anybody whos looked into an investigation of himself or his son, found no wrongdoing whatsoever. this afternoon unlikely to, because of a capacity crowd, finishing up a seventh trip to new hampshire here in this 2020 campai campaign. >> do you feel this is an unwanted distraction at this point? do you get that sense? >> reporter: not that this has overshadowed the message but in w...

Denies the notion that the whistle-blower protection act -- >> right, right. >> -- is intended to encourage people without fear, without any possible retribution, to point out wrong-doing in the united states government. we benefit from that. that protects our democracy. and the idea that they would try to out this whistle-blower in order to keep others from coming forward -- lets be clear, its not because they think that somehow theyre going to find something out from the whistle-blower, becaus...

Blue star strategies request a meeting with the state department undersecretary. the state department noted that enter biden is a burisma board member and they wanted to change the view of the company in washington. the next month, march 2016, the former vice president threatens to hold back a billion dollars in aid if the ukrainian president doesnt fire the prosecutor general victor choquette accusing him of corruption. >> i said you are not getting the billion and im leaving here, i think it w...

Former clinton officials request a meeting with state department undersecretary. email communications between the firm and state department noted hunter biden is a burisma board member and they wanted to convince the obama administration that it hadnt engaged in corruption and wants to change the view of the company in washington. in march 2016 the former vice president threatened to hold back $1 billion in aid if the ukrainian president doesnt fire the prosecutor accusing him of corruption. bid...

From our colleagues who are there. >> reporter: he is definitely in a talkative mood today, wants to counter these headlines that weve seen over the past week or so. one of the key take-aways in the latest note and we want to underscore for our viewers this is ongoing and these are rough notes of what the president is saying in real time. but this is yet another note speaking to the president saying he is considering releasing the transcripts of his first phone call with president zelensky, the ...

Welcome back. a new york state judge ruled that president trump must pay $2 million for improperly using his trump foundation charity to further his 2016 presidential campaign. the order appears to end the new york attorney generals lawsuit against trump and three of his children under the now closed foundation which was accused of being engaged in repeated wrongdoing, including quote unlawful coordination with the trump presidential campaign, and quote repeated and willful self dealing. the ori...

>> he has your strong support. do you have his strong support? >> well, i hope so. i think he will respect my work. i was there for the trump agenda every day. i was in the senate. no doubt about it. i was the first republican, first senator to endorse him. if i return to the senate, i will no, no senator in the senate will be more effective in advancing president trumps agenda than i would be. >> i think we can be confident the president is likely listening to that interview. >> he probably app...

Trump and put them up there somewhere honest and fair, in no cases that i have seen have i been hurt. so theyre sort of undermining some of the witnesses who have said some damaging things about him, but trying to make the broader point that the transcripts make it clear he would argue that there was no wrongdoing. now, he goes on to say this is just a continuation of a witch hunt. this is a continuation of a hoax. its a disgraceful thing, he goes on to talk about the stock market, says its been...

Donald trump, and we saw him carrying trumps water when the mueller report came out and offering a very untruthful and deceitful summary of what was -- what was in the mueller report. weve seen bar flying around the world in recent months trying to substantiate this crazy conspiracy theory that would let the russians off the hook for the 2016 hacking. weve seen barr directing an investigation of the investigators who looked into trump campaign. so he has been 110% partisan in his defense of dona...

Why the intelligence community inspector general didnt need to hand over the whistle-blowers complaint to congress, so trump got a lot of what he wanted already from bill barr. >> right. now, theres no question that barr is still trying to help him out in, you know, dismissing any attempt to look into criminal wrongdoing in the ukraine case, although that is very helpful to trump, but hes apparently not willing to go the extra mile here and actually, you know, exonerate trump when the fact patte...