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Statement is he says, look, by this point my clear impression was that the security assistance hold, talking about ukraine, was likely intended by the president either to express dissatisfaction that the ukrainians had not agreed to the biden/burisma investigation or to increase the pressure on them to do so. this is why the security assistance was on hold, at least his impression. that's very damning. >> and just the context here is really, really important. preet said beyond the call. it wasn't very much beyond the call. it was the next day. the president has this phone call with the ukraini...

President trump ask so he's going to do the investigation? ambassador sondland replied he's going to do it, adding that president zelensky will do anything you ask of him. even though i didn't take notes of these statements, i have a clear recollection of these statements that were made. i believe that my colleagues who were sitting at the table also knew that ambassador sondland was speaking to the president. wolf, the statement goes on in detail and goes into further meetings, including meeting later in august with ambassador john bolton where bolton expresses his frustration about ambassado...

Ukraine, the president, quote, just cares about the bidens. wolf, what this does is provides a first person witness to the president's own words, something that taylor in his testimony on wednesday first alluded to. that deposition is still ongoing behind closed doors right now. but the depth and detail of this statement. again, he says he did not take notes from this meeting but he says two things that are important. he has a very clear recollection of the meeting and there were two other staffers sitting at the table that also would confirm the same exact things that he was saying. in other ...

We're following the breaking news. a very, very significant statement, this opening statement, a copy of which cnn has obtained by david holmes, the u.s. counselor for political affairs at the u.s. embassy in ukraine. he was having lunch at a restaurant with the u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, when gordon sondland phoned the president of the united states on his cell phone. the president of course spoke to gordon sondland, said some potentially very incriminating things about wanting to make sure that the ukrainians launched a political investigation into the bidens and that was se...

People might have of it, and i think it is a very well done statement and he's going to be a very difficult witness to attack. can i just throw one thing on ambassador sondland that is probably worth considering? he and his attorneys, i think, at this point in time are doing some very tough thinking about what to do next week, and i would not be shocked if he shows up. i believe he's subpoena. i would be surprised if he doesn't take the fifth amendment because he now has exposure with respect to all these details that he seems to have not remembered or said and so we may go down the path where...