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Sondland's public televised testimony on wednesday, which will be potentially very, very explosive. >> yes. i think one of the critical questions here is how exactly you square this statement not just with gordon sondland's original deposition testimony to congress but actually even his updated testimony. there are real questions about whether gordon sondland has created potential legal liability for himself or some form of legal exposure. if the only way that he can now clean this up, he said that he had a few conversations with the president. he doesn't really remember how many. he certainly...

10-page opening statement. it was read word for word to members of the committee a short while ago. that deposition is still ongoing but the statement is both detailed and it is damning. to set the context, david holmes, a political counselor at the u.s. embassy in ukraine is talking about coming out of a meeting with ukrainian president zelensky. as i was leaving the meeting i was told to join the meeting with ambassador sondland and mr. yermak a top official in zelensky's team as a note taker. i had not expected to join the meeting and was a flight of stairs behind ambassador sondland. when ...

The breaking news cnn has just obtained the bombshell ten-page single spaced opening statement from the u.s. official who overheard the phone conversation between the president of the united states and the u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, over at a restaurant in ukraine. joining us now, congressman jamie raskin a democrat on the oversight and judiciary committees. he was inside this closed-door deposition. congressman, thanks very much for joining us. i'm going to read one little paragraph from this ten-page document, this opening statement from david holmes, the u.s. co...

He was in ukraine and went on to state that president zelensky, quote, loves your ass. i then heard president trump ask so he's going to do the investigation? ambassador sondland replied that he's going to do it, adding that president zelensky would do anything you ask him to do. even though i did not take notes of these statements, i have a clear recollection that these statements were made. i believe that my colleagues who were sitting at the table also knew that ambassador sondland was speaking with the president. you're there. you heard him read this statement. tell us the significance of ...

To change policy. >> to back up kylie's point, the same point about bolton. the idea this was a politicized bureaucracy. no, between meetings that day i heard ambassador bolton express to ambassador taylor and tim morrison his frustration about mr. guiliani's influence with the president, making clear there was nothing he could do about it. meaning he can't overrule the president. just last week the president when asked about gordon sondland said i hardly know the gentleman. in this meeting here, i hardly know the gentleman. here david holmes is telling congress, he made clear he had direct an...