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Direction. >> let me show you slide 22, if i may. you understood the ukranians recognized how important rudy giuliani was and organized him in order to stay together. >> they continued it through their own communication channels because giuliani had backchannels to getting to the ukraine officials. ambassador volker told the ukranians as well that there was this, quote, giuliani factor, that he told to president zelensky that there was this giuliani factor they needed to deal with in terms of the president. >> in fact, this is the senior aide to president zelensky saying to ambassador volker o...

Iran in absence of any relationships. so, this had been brewing through back channels, iran foreign minister jahvid zarif had indicated that there was something in the works last year. he said that he would like to see mr. wang returned to his family as long as the iranian arrested in the united states was returned here. and obviously, the swiss and other people that we may not be aware of have belong working hard over the last year to make that happen, and that happened today. but it's important to point out, alex, that although it's unusual, it's not unheard of for there to be back-channel n...

Stage seems very unlikely. the prisoner swap seems to be an isolated innocent and not a broader range of topics for iran and america to discuss with one another. it's also important to point out, kendis, although this is a rare diplomatic breakthrough the negotiate wasn't country direct they between iran and america. this was done between back channels, broken by the swiss who represents in iran in absence of diplomatic relations between washington and iran. the good news is mr. wang is now a free man. he's at landsstall military base expected to be reunited with his family in the coming days ...

Sitting ambassador using unofficial back channels. >> and although the hold on the security assistance may have been lifted, there are still things they wanted that they aren't getting including the meeting with the president in the oval office. whether the hold continued or not, they understood that's something the president wanted and they still wanted important things from the president. >> republicans have argued that the president should not be impeached over this because there's no evidence he explicitly asked anyone to hold up the aid to get the investigations. but the picture painted b...

Against corruption, that is to do our mission, were ability to successfully conduct a campaign of disinformation against a sitting ambassador using back channels. >> she was fighting corruption, then why was she pulled from the scene if she's fighting corruption? >> it's pretty obvious that trump wants to weaponize corruption, not to eliminate it. she was trying to eliminate it. her testimony, i think, i speak for many people saying really makes me feel proud to be an american. she's obviously a very dedicated, very patriotic, very capable civil servant, who has served this country for a long ...