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Really talking about corruption. no. the department of defense had said it was okay to release the aid here, because they had already certified that corruption wasn't an issue. the people on the ground, the ambassadors, the national security officials who had been appointed by this president say no, that is not an excuse. we then hear that omb officials, office of management and budget officials are saying, whoa, who is holding up the aid? we don't have a problem with the aid. oh, it's the president. the president is holding up the aid. then we hear from the department of justice. we didn't ha...

He was really going to follow through. so, they're saying that the person before this president, before president zelensky, the previous president of ukraine, was a corrupt individual. they said that through their remarks. if that president was corrupt why, if president trump cared so much about corruption, why did he release the aid in 2017 and 2018 to ukraine? then i would like to get to the question of this particular amendment. i looked at that omb letter and i would call that an after-the-fact cover-up. why do i say that? i say that because if you look at the timeline, and some of my coll...

Times" article. >> objection. >> outlining impeachment. >> we call that a mic drop moment. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. for what purpose do you seek recognition? >> to strike the last word. >> gentlelady is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to go back to the facts and back to this amendment. my colleague from florida said that this amendment is putting forward, quote, an understandable reason for why the president when would the aid and then suddenly released the aid. and my colleagues on the other side have also made the point that we don't know what the intent was...

That they were trying to get done? he did not do that. would they -- would that president inform top agencies about those concerns? no, he didn't do that either. in fact, they were all universally in agreement that the aid should be released. and might the president inform congress that this was something that he was concerned about and he had to withhold the aid? he didn't do that either. after-the-fact cover-up memo. that's all this is. we need to address that. >> gentlelady's time has expired. >> after-the-fact cover-up was asked for by a democratic senator. democratic senator asked for thi...

Take our notes and participate in discussion, substantively, though. mr. trump did nothing wrong. each and every action of the president has been explained. we have offered the basis, the understanding. we've gained an understanding for why a president would have reasonable concern about ukraine, why a president would have specific concern about this biden/burisma nexus. you haven't heard any defense of burisma. you haven't heard them all say this is all bogus, the president should not have been asking this question. we have cited in the record testimony like george kent who said there were de...