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You -- >> is there a question for dr. hill? >> mr. holmes, in your testimony you said that sondland said hole he'll do anything you want. that information had nothing what to do with these hearings and it was anecdotal and extraneous and your interests are protecting ukraine are very dubious when you embarrass president zelensky by making those statements. who cares that ambassador sondland said that. you didn't embarrass ambassador sondland you, embarrassed zelensky. >> thank you, chairman. thank you, both, for your service. dr. hill, i would like to talk a little bit more in depth about chie...

There would be a call, there was a call package prepared in advance. i just cannot say how much of that call package had perhaps been prepared since, for example, the inauguration of president zelensky was then used as basic material for the call, so i did take part in the preparation of that standard call package, but i did not take part in any preparation for the specific call on july 25th. >> and the first time you actually read the transcript of the call is when it was released to the public? >> that's correct. >> mr. holmes, i wanted to turn to you. good to see you again. thank you for me...

With four minutes left, i am turning to the two witnesses. thank you both for yourselves. thank you, dr. hill, for comments on the personal attacks. i wanted to ask you each fact based questions. dr. hill, you testified that you handed over your duties on the nsc to tim morrison july 15th, physically left the white house on july 19th, correct? >> that is correct, yes. >> that means by the time there was the july 25th call with president trump and president zelensky, you were no longer on the nsc, correct? >> actually i was still technically on the payroll of nsc until end of august, august 30t...

Conversation, sir. at the end of the conversation he said this, he was giving the president advice on how to deal with the rocky situation and they should have released him on your word. >> so, to be clear. when president trump received word that president zelensky had agreed to the investigations, he said good. what about sweden? >> yes. >> when exactly did gordon sondland ask president zelensky about the investigations? >> i'm sorry, sir. >> when did he ask about the investigations? >> when did gordon sondland ask zelensky about the investigations? >> yeah. >> you're asking in which meeting ...

Zelensky met at the u.n.? >> they did, not at the oval office. >> they did have a meeting at the u.n. >> yes. >> thank you. i yield back. >> mr. swalwell. >> dr. hill, yesterday i think a lot of americans were scratching their heads as ambassador sondland testified that on september 9 he calls the president of the united states and just says broadly what do you want from ukraine, and the president says there's no quid pro quo. there's no quid pro quo. like being pulled over for speeding, being asked do you know how fast you're going and saying i didn't rob the bank. i didn't rob the bank. your...