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What weve been discussing w today, which involved in a regular channel, was a request that went against u. S. Policy that have have undermined the rule of law and our longstanding policy goals in ukraine, as in other countries in the postsoviet space. Those policies which were indeed championed by ambassador yovanovitch. You also testified on october 15th in the deposition about fundamental reforms necessary for ukraine to fight corruption and to transform the country. And you t cited the importance reforming certain institutions, notably was investigating President Trumps political opponents a part of those necessary reforms . Was it on that list of yours or indeed was it on any list . No, they werent. In fact, historically, is it not true that a major problem in the ukraine has been its misuse of prosecutors, precisely to conduct investigation of political opponents. Thats a legacy i dare suggest from the soviet era when, as yo ....
What you can go you can get advice and even have conversations outside of the of theou normal channels. but then they need to be part of u.s. foreign policy and and approaching those goals.ol mr. kent? agree. ambassador taylor, you have described in your previous testimony shortly after you arrived iny ukraine in which ambassador sondland asked state departmentam officials not to listen to a july 28th call he had planned to hold with president zelensky. did you find that unusual? i did.us what was the impact of ambassador sondland making that request? when you found it unusual, what do you believe the impact was? ms. demings, i m not sure there was an immediate impact. was there a recording or transcription? there was not. that was the impact. it was not recorded. do you think that s why the ac made?was so there would not be normal ....