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Had nothing to do with national security and that such investigations were not something the nsc was going to get involved in or push." few things -- this happening before the call, we're seeing an extended pressure campaign, it sounds like. >> yeah. i think we got to call it what it is, don. it's extortion. what they were seeking was to extort the president of ukraine in exchange for the resumption of military aid and a promised visit with the president of the united states in exchange for digging up political dirt on a prospective political opponent. that's extortion. and obviously a number ...

Sondland, you talk about how he went to white house lawyers, national security council lawyers after the july 25th phone call. he also went to white house lawyers after a july 10th meeting, between white house officials and a top ukrainian official, at which point, according to vindman, ambassador sondland brought up the idea of if the ukrainians wanted a visit to the white house their newly inaugurated president, they would need to deal with or make a public statement related to investigations. he says, in part, ambassador sondland emphasized the importance that ukraine deliver the investigat...

Where bunter biden sat on the board, it would -- he also singled out the administration's point man for the ambassador gordon sonlan. he writes about a meeting prior to the phone call between the president and the ukraine president zelensky in which he said he raises objections quote, i stated to the ambassador that his statements were inappropriate and reference to the investigation. the in to investigate biden and his son had nothing to do with national security and that such investigations were not something the nsc, national security council, was going to get involved in or push. again, we...

President trump, at which time ambassador bolton cut the meeting short. following this meeting, there was a scheduled debriefing, during which ambassador gordon sondland emphasized the importance that ukraine deliver the investigations into the 2016 election, the bidens, and burisma. i stated to ambassador gordon sondland that his statements were inappropriate. that the requests to investigate biden and his son had nothing to do with national security and that such investigations were not something the nsc was going to get involved in or push. dr. fiona hill, i believe to whom colonel vin lan ...

Election, the bidens and burisma. that's the ukrainian gas company. vindman stepped in telling sondland that his statements were inappropriate and to investigate the bideness had nothing to do with national security and that such investigations were not something that the national security council were going to get involved in or push. end quote. vindman alerted the national security council's lead attorney about both of these instances. now, the president weighed in this morning tweeting why are people that i have never even heard of testifying about the call? just read the call transcript...