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With a letter president trump sent to the ukrainian president on may 29th congratulating him on his inauguration. do you recall that ma'am? >> i did, yes. >> and towards the end of that letter, president trump closed with, quote: i would like to invite you to meet me at the white house in washington, d.c. as soon as we can find a mutually convenient time, end quote. dr. hill, was this congratulatory letter drafted through the normal procedures at the nsc uses to send letters to foreign heads of state. >> the first part of it was except the last paragraph. >> you also testified that ambassador ...

I took notes in the delegations meeting with president zelensky. during the meeting secretary perry, passed zelensky a list that were people he trusted. he said he could seek advice from the people on this list on energy sector reform. the top particular of subsequent meetings between secretary perry and key energy sector contacts. energy personnel were excluded by secretary perry's staff. on may 23 ambassador volker, sondland and perry and senator ron johnson who had also attended the inauguration not on the official delegation returned to the united states and briefed president trump. may 29...

Role under investigation. you testify that they were both involved with a letter president trump sent to the ukrainian president on may 29th congratulating him on the inauguration. do you recall that, ma'am? >> i did. yes. >> and towards the end of that letter, president trump closed with, quote, i would like to invite you to meet me in the washington, d.c. as soon as we can find a time, end quote. was this congradlatory letter drafted through the procedures that they nsc sends letter? >> the fist part was except the last paragraph. >> you also testified that ambassador sondland dictated that ...

Signed a letter inviting him to the white house on may 29th and for several weeks we were tem porrizing with the ukraines saying we're working on it it. it is a scheduling issue. we'll get there, don't worry. and i told bill and gordon that i was going to see president zelensky in toronto and i feel an obligation to tell him the truth, that we have a problem here, we're not getting aid scheduled and here is what i think the problem is. it is the negative information flow from mayor giuliani. and that he would -- also that i would advise him that he should call president trump personally becaus...

Ukraine out of the mire of corruption it had been in for over 20 years and urged him to invite president zelensky to the white house. the president was very skeptical. given ukraine's history of corruption, that is understandable. he said that ukraine was a corrupt country, full of terrible people. he said they tried to take me down. in the course of that conversation, he referenced conversations with mayor giuliani. it was clear to me that despite the positive news and recommendations being conveyed by this official delegation about the new president, president trump had a deeply-rooted negat...