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33 years of service, her testimony was incredibly compelling. let's watch this and then we'll talk. >> individuals who apparently felt stymied by our efforts to promote stated u.s. policy against corruption, that is to do our mission were able to successfully conduct a campaign of disinformation against a sitting ambassador using unofficial back channels. >> so they said they want to fight corruption. she was fighting corruption. so why was she pulled from the scene if she's fighting corruption in ukraine? >> it's pretty obvious trump wants to weaponize krupgcorrupt he doesn't want to eliminat...

Going to be a log, where there's going to be a transcript. you call over personal cell phone. so to me, that indicates a clear desire to have communications and to do it, which we've seen so often with this administration, using back channels that are not recorded, that do not have transcripts, because obviously, you know that if that transcript was released, it could show potential wrongdoing. >> very quickly. i just want to go around the table. who are you looking forward to hearing next week? we have gordon sondland, laura cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian affair...

Pleasure of the president. i still find it difficult to comprehend that foreign and private interests were able to undermine u.s. interests in this way. individuals who apparently felt stymied by our efforts to promote stated u.s. policy against corruption, that is, to do the mission, were able to successfully make a campaign against the sitting ambassador using unofficial backchannels. do you believe president trump was aiming to weaponize corruption in ukraine by removing you? >> i don't know that. >> okay. do you believe your removal was part of some scheme to make it easier for elements of...

Going to do our mission, were able to successfully conduct a campaign of disinformation against a sitting ambassador using unofficial back channels." now, as i listen to you make that statement, i was thinking of all the other persons in the foreign service who now have to be concerned that it's not good enough to follow the stated u.s. foreign policy. but also to be aware that maybe the president a back channel of interest that he is promoting that is diametrically opposed to our stated foreign policy. can you expand on that please? >> i think it's important that whoever is representing the p...

Stymied by our efforts to promote stated u.s. policy against corruption, that is to do our mission, were able to successfully conduct a campaign of disinformation against a sitting ambassador using unofficial back channels. as various witnesses have recounted they shared baseless allegations with the president and convinced him to remove his ambassador despite the fact that the state department fully understood the allegations were false and the sources highly suspect. these events should concern everyone in this room. ambassadors are the symbol of the united states abroad. they are the person...