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Ukrainians had meddled in the 2016 election, but also for the ukrainians he served, especially when it became an irregular channel, a channel of individuals who were led by e.u. ambassador gordon sondland who appeared to be operating outside of the normal lines when it came to ukraine policy within the united states. >> he was being involved in a domestic political errand. i said this to ambassador sondland, gordon, this is all going to blow up. and here we are. >> reporter: strong words. concise words for a problem that the democrats have been investigating for a series of weeks. that investi...

Ukrainians he served, especially when it became an irregular channel, a channel that was led by gordon sondland, who was operating out of normal lines when it came to ukraine policy within the united states. >> he was being involved in a domestic political errand. i said this is all going to blow up. and here we are. >> reporter: strong words. concise words for a problem that the democrats have been investigating for a series of weeks. that investigation is going to ramp up going forward. they're done with the hearing phase. now, comes the writing phase. staff will be drafting a report, in whi...

Side would change their minds. and i think that's extraordinarily unlikely. i think it's far more likely you see a party line vote when this gets to the floor, but i will say two things. number one, think about it. almost every day this week, we had some new piece of information that neither party was prepared for beyond what they knew from the depositions. new witnesses, changed depositions. staffers coming forward with additional emails and notes. that could still continue beyond the open hearing phase, and the other x factor is the president. the president could, and we saw it this week, or...

Due consideration to witnesses within the scope of the impeachment inquiry. he also says that as they move into this open hearing phase, the committee and mindful that we are engaged in a sober endeavor rooted in the constitution, and this third paragraph is the key one where he says the inquiry is not and will not serve as a vehicle to undertake the same sham investigations into the bidens or 2016 that the president pressed ukraine to conduct for his personal, political benefit or to facilitate the president's efforts to threaten, intimidate and retaliate against the whistleblower who courage...

>> the rules resolution just talks about high crimes and misdemeanors and impeachable offenses. obviously we're still in the thick of the fact investigation. in the phase that's being run by the intelligence committee assisted by oversight and foreign affairs, and so we're still in the middle of that. so we're still discovering things on a daily basis and there are more witnesses coming in. but we are getting ready to move to the open hearing phase, which i know the public is eager for and we're all eager for all of america to hear this story directly from people who were involved in it. >> is...