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President himself simultaneously pressuring ukraine that they need to give him these investigations he wants to help him for 2020. the president himself questioning the aid to ukraine, ordering the aid to ukraine, that's in writing now we now know. second at least two officials at the white house resigned over the president putting this hold on military aid to ukraine. third, multiple officials overtly expressed that the hold might be illegal, including telling the guy -- the guy they were telling to sign the paperwork to implement the hold. he's one of the people who told them, hey, this migh...

Up on the aid. the career staff that are supposed to execute an order like that, they all raise red flags. you want us to do what now? isn't that illegal? i think we're going to need to run this by the lawyers. the white house response to that we now know by taking the career staff member who's literally supposed to sign the paperwork to hold up the money, mark sandy, they took him off this job. this part of his job where he signs off on the money either being dispersed or held up, that part of his job is taken away from him. so a trump political appointee, mr. duffy, can do it instead. and ac...

President personally. the president has reportedly seen something in the media about the u.s. giving aid to ukraine. that sparks him having questions about that aid. we don't exactly know what he might have seen in the media. i can tell you that there was this defense department press release the previous day on june 18th announcing the u.s. military aid for ukraine. so maybe he saw that press release or saw something in the press about that that bugged him. regardless, that's when the paper trail starts. the president expressing concerns about military aid to ukraine. then our witness mark sa...

At least two of the officials resigned. third, multiple officials overtly expressed that the hold might be illegal, including telling the guy that -- the guy they were telling to sign the paperwork to implement the hold. he's one of the people who told them, hey, this might be an illegal thing you're asking me to do. i think we should bring this to the lawyers. in response, that guy was replaced by a trump appointee who had said this was the president's wish, who had ordered it done, and who had been advised by these career staffers this might be an illegal thing. he's the one who took it over...

New testimony tonight that the witness himself, mr. sandy himself, also raised concerns about that law, about the possibility that what the president was trying to do here, withholding this aid to ukraine, was an illegal act. after a trump appointee named michael duffy told mark sandy to sign the paperwork officially putting a hold on the aid to ukraine, mark sandy says this. quote, so on that day i emphasized that would raise a number of questions that we would need to address. and so i advised we would want to consult with our office of general counsel on those questions first. so we know as...