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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 ....
Expansionism. a suspension of which was not in the u.s. interest, not in ukraine s interest, i not in ou national security interest in no way, shape, or form. you described a situation in which those in the service of the president made it clear to thee ukrainians they need to publicly announce these investigations or they weren t going to gete that meeting and they sure weren tt going to ge that military assistance. now, i would point out, and this may not have come to your attention but it certainly came to our attention, on september 9th, inspector general informed our committee that the director of national intelligence was withholding a whistle-blower complaint in violation of the statute. by that point, on september 9th, that complaint had made its way to the white house. on september 9th, when the inspector general informed congress that that complaint had ....