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All that pence has done, trump still remembers the one act of disloilt. that was after the ""access hollywood"" tape came out. pence put out a statement distancing himself from the president. except for that one example, pence has walked the trump line and stowed it. that easily could have been referring to discussions about joe biden or hunter biden and corruption. he didn't say he hadn't talked to him. all of the indications we've seen are pence was aware what he was doing, delivered that message to the ukrainian president. >> matt, i have 10, 15 seconds. do you think we're definitely going ...

Being held in contempt of congress being charged with obstruction of justice. mike pompeo is a great example of the perils of a rise. from being a member of congress to director of cia to the secretary of state. and done that largely unscathed until recently. there's really two key reasons he's done that. it's because of his fierce loyalty to the president. on that call, after he admitted hefts on the call, he quickly transitioned to say the call was all about digging into into corruption. so that's the first reason. the second reason is he has been able to dodge and stay out of the spotlight ...

The call was all about digging into corruption. so that's the first reason. the second reason is he has been able to dodge, kind of stay out of the spotlight and dodge bulle bullets. and until recently that's worked. you know, i think now he's kind of lost control of the narrative. he's going to be under a lot of scrutiny as this plays out. susan, i have some things to read for you. bill taylor texts, as i said on the phone, i think it's crazy to ask for help. then gordon soundland texts back hours later. bill, i believe what he writes -- bill, i believe you are incorrect about president trump...

He really cares that much about it. it seems like the only time he does care about corruption is when it involves one of his political opponents. so i don't buy it. >> josh, there is this remarkable moment, from the 2016 vice presidential debate. here it is. >> we all need to know out there. this is basic stuff. foreign donors and certainly foreign governments cannot participate in the american political process. >> what happened to 2016, mike pence? >> well, donald trump got elected and made him vice president and i think pence along with everybody else in the republican party, just about eve...

Happened. >> specifically, number one, did you discuss joe biden at all during that meeting yesterday with the ukrainian president? number two, can you assure ukraine that the holdup of that money has absolutely nothing to do with efforts, including by rudy giuliani to try to dig up dirt on the biden family. >> as president trump had me make clear, we had great concerns about issues of corruption. too invest additional taxpayer dollars in ukraine the president wants to be assured that those vee sources are truly making their way to the kind of investments that will contribute to security and s...