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Impeachment Hearings-20191121-14:05:00

to be involved. she's taking a shot saying, i'm here. i'm taking a risk. why aren't you and others? >> he's not a political appointee like gordon sondland. gave a million dollars to the inaugural committee and became ambassador to the eu. these are career officials who i don't think you can simply say they're never trumpers or anything along those lines. >> no, and to jeffrey's point before about where is john bolton? fiona hill is no longer in the administration. john bolton is no longer in the administration. and we have seen career official after career official come, despite the fact that they were directed not to by the white house, by the state department, and then go back to work. lieutenant colonel vindman goes back to the white house every day to work. >> awkward. >> is there a reason why -- do you have a good reason, jeff,

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Impeachment Hearings-20191121-13:59:00

elections to help hillary clinton. this is something pushed by the republicans on the committee as well as the president himself and rudy giuliani. the president, of course,eration the notion that ukraine may have interfered and that also being placed as a condition for roughly $400 million in military aid and a key meeting with -- between president trump and president zelensky in ukraine. asked for those investigations. several witnesses have testified it's all been part of this discussion about moving forward. but fiona hill is going to make some very serious concerns raised about the -- any suggestion that ukraine interfered and saying you can take the eye off the ball of russia. she's going to say this based on questions and statements i have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, you crane did. this is a fictional narrative that's been perpetrated and propagated by the russian

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almost committing. i once again urge americans to continue to consider the credibility of the democrats on this committee who are now hurling these charges. for the last three years, it's not president trump who got caught, it's the democrats who got caught. they got caught falsely claiming they had more than circumstantial evidence that trump colluded with russians to hack the 2016 election. they got caught orchestrating this entire farce with the whistle-blower and lying about their secret meetings with him. they got caught defending the false allegations of the steele dossier which was paid for by them.

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Impeachment Hearings-20191121-14:06:00

why john bolton, the former national security adviser has rejected these subpoenas? >> because he's rather make money than do his civic duty. i don't know. maybe someone else has a better explanation. that's all it seems to me. >> i think we may see him at some point. he is certainly hovering over these hearings and will again today. fiona hill, too, is going to do something that is going to be really damaging for the white house. to puncture this idea that ukraine meddled in 2016. that motivated the president to such a degree and really set in motion this policy. >> adam schiff will open with a statement. devin nunes, the ranking member will then follow. the two witnesses will be sworn in. they will have opening statements, and then the question and answer session will begin. >> good morning, everyone. this is the seventh in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the house of representatives' impeachment inquiry. without objection, the schair authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time.

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Impeachment Hearings-20191121-14:26:00

in addition, mr. chairman, pursuant to house rule 11, clause 2-j1, the republican members transmit our request to convene a minority day of hearings. to date you have blocked key witnesses that we have requested from testifying in this partisan impeachment inquiry. this rule was not displaced by hres 660 and, therefore, under house rule 11, clause 1a, it applies to the democrats' impeachment inquiry. we look forward to the chair promptly scheduling an agreed upon time for the minority day of hearings so that we can hear from key witnesses that you have continually blocked from testifying. i'd also like to take a quick moment on an assertion ms. hill made in the statement that she submitted to this committee. in which she claimed that some committee members deny that russia meddled in the 2016

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Impeachment Hearings-20191121-14:30:00

retaliate against any u.s. government official who are testifying before congress, including you or any of your colleagues. if you would please rise, raise your right hand, i will begin by swearing you in. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you, and you may be seated. the microphones are sensitive. so you'll need to speak directly into them. without objection, your written statements will be made part of the record. with that, mr. holmes, you are now recognized for your opening statement. and when you conclude, dr. hill, you'll be immediately recognized thereafter for your opening statement. >> thank you. good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member nunes and members of the committee. my name is david holmes and i'm

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Impeachment Hearings-20191121-14:07:00

there is a quorum present. we will proceed today in the same fashion as our other hearings. i'll make an opening statement, then ranking member nunes will have an opportunity to make a statement and we will turn to our witnesses for their opening statements and then to questions. for audience members, we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. in turn we ask for your respect as we proceed with today's hearing. it is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. i'll take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order and ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and house resolution 660. with that, i now recognize myself to give an opening statement on the impeachment inquiry into donald j. trump, the 45th president of the united states. yesterday morning, the committee heard from ambassador gordon sondland. the american ambassador to the european union, the de facto leader of the three amigos who had regular access to president donald trump and pressed the new ukrainian president zelensky for two investigations trump

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statement. if the president or anyone else impedes or subverts the national security of the united states in order to further domestic political or personal interests, that is more than worthy of your attention, she tells these lawmakers. >> we always have to get back to what the core of this issue is. here's fiona hill. a respected russia expert. president trump's appointee to lead russia policy. and russia is america's -- one of america's top national security threats. she's articulating there and she's going to be uttering these words under oath, that the president subjugated u.s. national security interest for his own political interest. she's stating what the case is. and she was, by the way, involved in developing and carrying out the president's policy there. she goes on to call out members of the committee for propagating both myths but also things contrary to u.s. policy. she said this is also from her statement, based on questions and statements i heard, some of

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you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps somehow for some reason ukraine did. this is a fictional narrative. she goes on to say it also happens to be a russian narrative. that's remarkable for people inside this administration. appointed by this president to say definitively that he was subjugating u.s. national security interest to his own interest. >> she specifically, jamie, and i'll get everyone to weigh in on this. she specifically says this whole narrative that ukraine interfered in the 2016 u.s. presidential election, that was propagated by the russians and now you have people like rudy giuliani and maybe the president himself accepting what the russians originally came up with. >> and just to put this in some context, what have we been saying for three years. donald trump will not criticize vladimir putin. as nancy pelosi said in her

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fixated the president was on investigating his political rivals. >> you see several members already there. adam schiff the chairman of the committee is in his seat. he's getting ready. we'll expect the witnesses to show up momentarily as well. carrie, what, specifically, are you looking for in the first minutes of this hearing? because once they start presenting their testimony. >> well, we're going to hear from phiona hill who, again, is an expert in this area. she is someone who reluctantly went into this administration but did so out of duty. and i think we're going to see that sense of duty. she is going to be completely open. she had wide access and so i'm looking for an incredibly -- a very credible voice, both from a national security perspective to be able to provide insights into why thee corruption that was going on with respect to those

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