We have breaking news on just released impeachment testimony. State department official, george kent, confirming top diplomats knew it was improper and possibly illegal to pressure ukraine to bring up dirt to help trump politically. Whats called a campaign of lies with his shadow diplomacy in ukraine and attempts to affect ambassador yovanovitch and Vice President pence and Vice President pences aide was on the call to ukraine and sit it was political and not a normal diplomatic call. First, lets go to our justice reporter, jessica. Tonight, we are getting a taste of what he will say next week. If its anything close to private we will hear strong words of kent next week. Kents cans described testimony rips into Rudy Guiliani saying he used lies and slander against the former ambassador of ukraine and said he believed there was a quid pro quo when it comes to white house visit but not necessarily military aid on ukraine and investigations into the bidens. Tonight, the full extent of Rudy Guilianis influence is coming into focus with the release of secretary of state george kents testimony transcript, kent detailing what he called a campaign of lies orchestrated by guiliani that led to the ousting of u. S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and rerecalling the july 25th call with ukraine zelensky that the top ukraine official at the white house felt uncomfortable with the call and said he could not share the majority of what was discussed because of the very sensitive nature of what was discussed. The testimony transcript comes as the spotlight of impeacment inquiry turned to mike pence for the first time, his National Security aide the first to go behind closed doors to others. Jennifer was one of many listening to the july 21st phone call and a source said she found the conversation to be unusual because it was political in nature but did not raise those concerns to her supervisors. Williams could clarify what the Vice President knew about plans to withhold military aide into investigations into the 2016 election and the bidens pence was asked about today. The president s focus as my meeting with president zelensky, supporting president zelenskys efforts to deal with pattern of corruption with ukraine. Reporter the call transcript clearly shows him looking into the bidens pence mimicked the president s talking points. The American People have the transcript of the call and can see theres no quid pro quo and the president did nothing wrong. Reporter but continuing about pensive actions with the ukrainian president. On december 1st, he was replacd and said military aid and corruption were on the agenda. In all of my discussion with president zelensky we focused exclusively on president zelenskys efforts to end corruption in ukraine and enlist more european support. While williams was investigating former Vice President joe biden was a no show. Democrats did not issue an appearance as with other witnesses bolton was a no show. They have a list of witnesses they want at the public hearings next week. Top of that list, the whistleblower. This is the guy that started it all. We think he should sit in front of us under oath, answer our questions and do that in person. Reporter democrats have the ultimate say as to which witnesses testify publicly. George kent will testify publicly wednesday. When he count elaborate today he was told how extensive guilianis presence on the president was and could add another voice to the case guiliani manipulated Foreign Policy to President Trump politically and that being key to the impeachment inquiry. Very significant develop am, thanks jessica schneider. And new signs republicans are fast tracking impeachment looking to wrap things up in the house of representatives by christmas. What are democrats doing to streamline the process, and can it really be done before years end . Reporter thats the big question, wolf. Things on capitol hill are speeding up as we move into this public phase impeachment hearing from george kent, ken taylor and former ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch. Then, we could see more public hearings the next week after that. Adam schiff the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has been very clear despite the heart from more than a dozen interviews behind closed doors they dont need to hear from everyone in public. A couple weeks of public testimony we move to the thanksgiving recess. After that gives time for staffers and Foreign Affairs and oversight to what their investigation has found. Then things in december move to the house Judiciary Committee. They could have public hearings and could draft articles of impeachment and go to the house as early as december 16th. Steny hoyer saying they have to be here potentially to deal with another funding deadline. There is another funding deadline in december depending what they do with the cr in november. Things could be wrapped up potentially by christmas. As you know, lauren, republicans are calling on the whistleblower to testify. Will democrats let that happen . Reporter the democrats and republicans, as they move forward, they have a chance to ask questions. They have an opportunity to stop republicans from getting all the witnesses they want. Adam schiff has been very clear, he does not want to publicly oust the whistleblower. Instead, he wants to protect that person. You can guarantee the democrats are not interested in a public hearing where the whistleblower has to come forward. They have been guarding it as republicans amped up the calls for that person. Thanks very much. As democrats address impeachment, President Trump is reacting to this entire ukraine scandal. The president is pushing back on reports he asked the attorney general, bill barr, to hold a News Conference that would clear his name on ukraine. What are you learning . Reporter thats right, wolf. According to a source, President Trump had been having discussions with an aide to go before cameras and declare him innocent of any wrong do with his phone call with president zelensky of ukraine feeling it would help with messaging and make him look more innocent. According to the post trump has been lamenting to aides barr didnt hold that press conference. The president lashed out at these reports on twitter effectively saying the Washington Post made up the story. Its clearly gotten under his skin, take a look. The president writing bill barr did not deny my request to talk about ukraine and said the doj already ruled the call was good. The doj put out a statement the prosecutors found the president didnt commit any Campaign Finance violations but it wasnt broader than that. Lets discussion with the Senior Leader of the Intelligence Committee. Thank you very much. I want to get to the breaking news, george kent testifying Rudy Guiliani was involved in what kent calls, im quoting him now, a campaign of lies. Do you have evidence President Trump directed this, or was guiliani simply going rogue . Rudy guiliani was the president s lawyer, wolf. It reminds me a little bit, highly reminiscent of the situation of michael cohen, the president s lawyer and then candidate trumps lawyer in prison now for violation of public law and the president was identified as individual one in the in diameter procedure. In that case, there was coordination between the president s personal lawyer and himself. In this case, heres what i want to say about Rudy Guilianis campaign. What level of moral depravity does it take to engage in an insidious and long Term Campaign to character assassinate and destroy the reputation and career of somebody as much of a patriot as ambassador yovanovitch was, 33 years in the state department not only widely respected but beloved because of her professionalism and integrity. The effort to do that was coordinated between guiliani and these two individuals, parnas and igor, both of whom have been charged with ferrell crimes. Guiliani is trump and trump is guiliani. Well see how that plays out. The fact of the matter is thats one of the pieces here. We have bits of evidence. There is a mountain of evidence. As a matter of fact, there is more evidence to suggest the president did dhed, did seek to coerce ukraine into a politically motivated prosecution, threatton withhold vital threaten to withhold vital assistance and then there is the idea the sun will rise in the east tomorrow morning. The other discussion is whether or not this is proceeding at too much a pace. I have to tell you there are an awful lot of people saying, whats holing you back from getting there given all the evidence you already have . Thats video we were showing of video with parnas. You also heard testimony today from jennifer williams. One of mike pences advisors on National Security. To what extent was the Vice President aware with this quid pro quo with ukraine . Again, we wont comment on the specifics of any witness testimony during a deposition. Ive said to you before the witnesses to date have in every material regard corroborated the narrative offered by the rest of the witnesses independently. That string goes unbroken with the testimony today. Your committee has now decided not to fight to secure testimony from former National Security advisor, john bolton. Why not considering what an important perspective he would have on these issues . Sure he does. But we wont play rope a dope add ad infinitum. There is plenty of evidence here and i would hope ambassador bolton would look in his mirror and maybe consult with his god and what his patriotic duty is here and reconsider the decision in the case. We wont go and have this drag out month after month another tactic to delay and stall our efforts. Public hearing begins next wednesday with three witnesses, and then friday. Who else do you expect to testify publicly . Not yet been determined yet. Stay tuned to this announcement. I hope americans will tune into all of these hearings, especially if they can only tune into one they will tune into ambassador taylors testimony. He is somebody that truly tied it together, had a sense of the moving pieces. Everyone brings something new and different to add, another piece of the puzzle. I think americans will be i think they will be impacted by the power of what is about to be shared. You expect that. Well also hear publicly from Lieutenant Colonel alexander vinman, the top person of the Security Council . If i was in charge he would be on the short list to bring back. How long do you expect these public hearings to last before your committee produces a final report that goes to the Judiciary Committee that holds the articles of impeachment hearings . Id rather work back. Without being hasty and expeditious and deliberate, the house ought to set for themselves a target of having dealt with this in the Intelligence Committee and Foreign Affairs and oversight and Judiciary Committee on the floor by christmas. Thats a tough schedule but where were at with all the work done so far. Congressman denny heck, thanks for joining us. Thank you. Michael bloomberg may be about to jump into the democratic president ial race. We have new information. For a d. Ladies and gentlemen for the drive to create a new kind of family car, that became a new kind of race car. For the drive to rebel, zag. 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These sorts of expenditures, the new York Attorney general sued because they supervise charities in new york city said this was an inappropriate use of a charity. What happened was, donald trump not withstanding his claim he never settles lawsuit he basically said i will give away the rest of the money if the lawsuit goes away and the judge approved that settlement today. The settlement really acknowledges this charity was profoundly profoundly misused. The Trump Foundation responded by saying its pleased to donate the 2 million, and the Foundation Goes on to say this. The court is rejecting the attorney generals frivolous request for requests and that every request of the foundation has gone to help those most in need. Is that an accurate interpretation of this judges rulings . Thats like the astros claiming victory in the world series. He made the smart decision by turning it into a one day story by agreeing to settle it. Every piece of evidence that came forward was this was a deeply flawed use of the of a charitable foundation. It is true the judge didnt add additional penalties but this was a settlement where the president essentially ran up the white flag. Important point. Lets turn to a different story were covering. We learned the president wanted bill barr to help defend him in the news scandal by holding a News Conference and wanted barr to declare he hadnt broken any laws in the july conversation with the ukrainian president. How does that tell you he views the office of the attorney general . It sounds like the president was looking for the kind of support he got from bill barr from when the Mueller Report came out and mischaracterized the findings more favorable than the findings were. Bill barr didnt do it this time. I cant speak to his motivations. There have been several occasions including the partial transcript, as we know, of the phone call between President Trump and president zelensky of ukraine, where barr has been invoked, as if he was somehow on the president s feel in this quid pro quo endeavor. Barr has said, i know nothing about this, and it does look appropriately, that barr is trying to stay out of this one, unlike the mureller report. Thanks. Were learning more why john bolton didnt show up to testify before impeachment investigators today and whats happening in roger stones trial as prosecutors seem to be making it all about President Trump. Int pn and clearer skin. Man 2 vo proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis. Woman 2 vo . With humira. Woman 3 vo humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. Its proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. Humira is the number one pres