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The ukrainian president seemed very comfortable in the room. >> yeah, he seemed very comfortable with the conversation he had on july 2 five. we should point out, too, that was the second conversation that the two leaders had. that was after the elections. the president talked to zelensky after he won the presidential election. now they're beginning to bubble up calls for that transcript of that first phone call to be released. what i thought was interesting, i took away the same thing that you did. president zelensky and president trump agreed there was no pressure on zelensky to conduct any ...

I know the president and i've read a lot about ukraine. i'm read a lot about a lot of countries. he wants to stop corruption. he was elected number 1 on the basis of stopping corruption, which has flagrant ee eed -- pd ukraine. >> mr. president, why do you think it's appropriate for your personal attorney to get involved in government -- >> you'd have to ask rudy. i'll tell you this. rudy is looking to also find out where the phony witch hunt started, how it started. a russian witch hunt that turned out to be 2 1/2 years of phony nonsense. rudy guliani is a great lawyer. he was a great mayor. ...

Released to ukraine. how does the white house explain that timeline? >> reporter: well, the president's explanation, obviously, as you've seen evolved over the course of the last 24 to 48 hours, initially at the time, according to administration officials the reason that money was with held is because they wanted to make sure there wasn't any wasteful spending being delivered to an ally in advance of the g7 summit. from the president we initially heard him saying that he wanted to make sure that there was proper vetting of ukrainian bureaucratic corruption and then 24 hours later just yesterda...

>> and i am one to thank you for invitation to washington. >> right. >> you invited me. but i think i'm sorry but i think you forgot to tell me the date. but i think in the future. >> they'll tell you the date. >> yes, they know before us. >> and i want to thank you to thank you specially, mr. president, to usa, to your government. like i said, that i know many people, many faces like a second family after my ukrainian family, we know each other. thank you for your support. especially now when we have two really two wars in ukraine. the first one is with corruption, you know, but we'll fight -...

Nobody pushed me. yes. >> in other words, no pressure. >> president trump -- >> because you know what, there was no pressure and you by the way, you know there was no pressure. all you have to do is see it what went on on the call, but you know that but you can ask the questions and i appreciate the answer. go ahead. >> mr. president, would you like president zelensky to do more on joe biden and the investigation? >> no, i want him to do whatever he can. this was not his fault. he wasn't there. he's just been here recently. but whatever he can do in terms of corruption because the corruption i...