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Ukrainians ever knew or became alarmed about it. i did not know the reason for the hold. i viewed it as a u.s. policy problem we needed to fix internally. i believe the ukrainians became aware of the hold on august 29 nl and not before. that date is the first time any of them asked me about the hold by forwarding an article that had been pupublished in "politi" when i spoke to the hold, instead of telling them they need to do something to get the hold released, i told them the opposite. they should not be alarmed. it was an internal u.s. problem and we were working to get it fixed. i did not k...

The republicans have made a few modest points that help them there. one from ambassador taylor testimony. that it's all the indications are that the ukrainians didn't know at the time of the phone call that the military aide was being suspended. and taylor testified he didn't know himself until august 29. when the political article comes out and he hears from the ukraine officials. if this is about an attempted bribe, the bribe bee at the time of the favor request doesn't know -- >> it's not required. you can ask me to do something. i may not understand it that's what's happening. we have seen...

Ing than what's happening outside on twitter, than what's happening in the hearing room because he's not pushing his narrative forward because her feelings while they may have been hurt and while she should be respected let's be clear. she has served this country. if her feelings were hurt, if she had a labor dispute as devon nunes said, with the state department, with the president of the united states, that's not an impeachable offense. when she said the president called her bad news. okay, again, maybe he shouldn't have done that. we can debate that out but should the president of the unite...

Invaded their country. >> yes, sir. >> 100%. >> ambassador taylor, earlier you testified that ukrainian officials did not become aware of potential u.s. assistance withheld until august 29. >> that's my understanding. >> would you find it surprising if a ukrainian official knew about that sooner and did not contact you? >> i can answer that it was only after august 29th when the political-- that i got calls from several of the ukrainian officials. >> copy. mr. kent, had you had any ukrainian official contacting you concerned about, when was the first time a ukraine official contacted you conce...

The channel of craziness. >> okay, laura, can we talk about all the people being pulled into this? let's go back to the testimony. okay? "ambassador bolton recommended that i send a first person cable to secretary pompeo directly, relaying my concerns. i wrote and transmitted such a cable on august 29, describing the folly i saw in withholding military aid to ukraine a time when hostilities were still active in the east and when russia was watching closely to gauge the level of american support for the ukrainian government." and according to taylor he heard that pompeo took the cable to a meet...