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expired. i d like to have that unanimous consent mr. quigley, you re recognized, mr. quigley, you re recognized. thank you. madam ambassador, it s like a hallmark movie. you ended up at georgetown, this is all okay. [ laughter ] it wasn t your preference seven, eight months ago, correct? no, it was not. it wasn t your preference to be the victim of a cemetery campaign, was it? no. it wasn t your preference to be defamed by the president of the united states including today, was it? no. it wasn t your preference to be ousted at seemingly the pinnacle of your career, was it? no. you wanted to finish your extended tour, correct? i did. what did you want to do after that? did you know? i wasn t sure. there s nothing wrong with georgetown. it s a fine place, right? it s a wonderful place. but it s your own choice at the end of the distinguished career after all that. it s not the end of a hallmark movie. it s the end of a really bad reality tv sh ....
it was not in any record i july 25th call. and this is consistent with the reported comments from received. but when you did see . ambassadors volker and taylor. after the zelensky meeting, i yes, i saw that in september, also met with zelensky s senior correct. so on this continuum, the aide, andre yermak. beginning of the continuum begins on may 23rd when the president instructs you to talk i don t recall the specifics of our conversation, but i believe the issue of investigations was to rudy? correct. and you understood that as a probably a part of that agenda direction by the president that you needed to satisfy the or meeting. concerns that rudy giuliani would express to you about what also, on july 26th, shortly the president wanted in ukraine? after our kiev meetings, i spoke not to me. by phone with president trump. to the entire group, volker, perry and myself, correct. the white house, which has now, in your opening finally, finally shared certain statem ....
card witness. has already revised his initial testimony in the president s dealings with ukraine. sondland has arrived and will be before the committee in a moment. late yesterday we had a hearing that lasted deep into the night. we ll see how far we go today. welcome back to continuing coverage on the fox news channel. i m bill hemmer. good morning, bill. i m sandra smith. lawmakers are expected to double down on a phone call with the president. team fox coverage back with us now. chris wallace, bret baier, martha maccallum and bret baier. we ll be with you guys throughout the entire day. ken, we have an oping statement from gordon sondland. there are a lot of skipped areas in 23 pages. opening statement will last at least 10 minutes. from what you ve been able to glean off of this, in a quick speed read what do you see as critical for sondland? right. it looks as if there may be a bombshell or two in this. that s what we re looking for. let s see what he says. he could ....
obligation to account fully for my role in these events. did by obligation, you mean simply your legal obligation? or did you mean something bigger? well, both my legal obligation and my moral obligation. your moral obligation? i actually want to present an alternative theory. your family came here escaping the holocaust via uruguay. and your parents moved lucy and later you here where, frankly, you ve been an american success story. through dent of hard work and innovation, good idea, and knack to hire the right people and some luck, you ve built a considerable successful business. one that i know for a fact would make your parents proud. they came here because they knew that it was here that they could have freedom that they had not enjoyed, security that they had not enjoyed, and opportunity that they had not enjoyed. and no doubt, on some level, you re grateful and it s created a sense of patriotism in you. is that fair to say? very fair. why then, sir, with your c ....
return for the 2016 dnc server and burisma investigation. when you heard burisma, you didn t see it as code for biden, the bidens? i did not. when did you know that. your testimony saying that burisma included the biden s when the readout came out. my testimony wasn t specific with regards to the date. september? i don t recall the date. if i told you that the legal definition of bribery was an event of offering, giving, soliciting or receiving of any item of value and the means of influencing an action of an individual holding a public or legal duty. do you believe that not only was it quid pro quo but it was bribery. not a lawyer and i m not going to characterize what something was or wasn t legally. you also said in your opening statement that secretary perry and yourself, as well as ambassador volker worked with giuliani on the ukraine matter, and express direction of the president. is that right? you also go on to say that we did not want to work with gi ....