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Attributed to you the terminology that the president has given you a large remit. are you familiar with that assertion? >> i didn't understand what she was talking about. >> okay. but you have and we got into this a little bit in your deposition. you know, you said that the president gave you a special assignment with regard to ukraine, correct? >> well, when the president appointed me as the u.s. ambassador to the european union, ukrainian was part of my port fo portfolio. the unique circumstances where there was no current sitting ambassador in ukraine and there was a new president in ukrain...

At one point attributed to you the terminology that the president has given you a large remit. are you familiar with her assertion of that? >> i didn't understand what she was talking about. >> okay. but we have -- and you got into this a little bit in your deposition, you know, you said that the president gave you a special assignment with regard to ukraine, correct? >> well, when the president appointed me as u.s. ambassador to the european union, ukraine was part of my portfolio. what happened my assignment largerap than just being part o my portfolio were the unique circumstances where the...

Vice president joe biden and his son hunter. >> days later we're told that he insinuated to people that he clearly believed he had been given a special assignment by the president. some sort of james bond mission. the white house did not respond to repeat requests for comment on. this reporting, steve hall is back with us now. first let's get to the role of these two men. they are now under criminal indictment. they've been charged and arrested as they were trying to heave the country on a one-way ticket. the washington dulles airport. the president entrusted these two now criminals, or allege...

Quid pro quo. he said that. >> let me just tell you, i hardly know the gentleman. >> that's a classic trump move. he only does this with people that he once knew that he wishes that he no longer knew, but in this case, it is so clear that sondland is at the center of this and he was put at the center of it, yes, he was the president's hand picked eu ambassador, but he was also hand picked for a special assignment that was not within his purview as eu ambassador and he was assigned to do the situation with ukraine along with rudy giuliani and clearly, this is not the first conversation that we ...

We're not-- and this is a special assignment. and so i fear that under these circumstances, there may be a veering away, but here is the check, there is a check, there's a balance. i think there's a misunderstanding that bob mueller does whatever bob mueller wants to do. wrong. now we'll be reporting as soon as bill barr will be confirmed, i hope he will be, he's superbly qualified. he will be reporting on the big issues, not day-to-day issues, but big issues, are you going to be investigating this particular business transaction or whatever. he will be reporting to bill barr and i think that'...