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Were going to talk about all of it in this hour as well as in a special report with the leads jay tapper. We want to focus on the call itself. The key points from july 25th which is the rough transcript is not verbatim. The president saying, i will say that we do a lot for ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Then after a brief digression the president continues, quote, the United States has been very, very good to ukraine. I wouldnt say that its reciprocal necessarily because things are happening thats not very good. But United States has been very good to ukraine. Then zelens...

He wanted to show that bravado, and i took on mueller, and i win. If he had sat in that chair, don, you and i would have had a very different experience in processing the outcome of the Mueller Report because that president s ability to sit in a chair under questioning and not Say Something that was abusive of the truth is very small. Jay sekulow and the raskins convinced him not to do that. Hes a good lawyer. You mean we would have gotten the truth out of actually what was happening. Maybe. A lawyer protects you, not necessarily everybody elses interests. And this same thing on the taxes. Its...

Said he is not a lawyer, assumed could be illegal. Sondland now admits he knew the bottom line, his testimony indicates his ukrainian counterparts knew it as well and knew the demands were from President Trump. In short no u. S. Military aid until ukraine publicly did the president two political favors. And if that were the sum total of what sondland, the ambassador of the European Union told house investigators that will be plenty but it wasnt his testimony that of kurt volker the preponderate president s former envoy lays out of om of the mechanic he ises of thinly veiled shakedown. Putting ...

Is it just spin. You wonder if its part spin and trying to craft the narrative. Remember impeachment kwib here the public has to go along with it. They have to be on one side or the other. In favor or against. A lot of people are in the middle trying to figure out what they believe. His job is say hold on lets put it into perspective. The context that helps my client. Remember, that whole phrase the audience of one, a beneficiary of one when it comes to the nation and president United States cant cut it in democracy. Who sekulow is speaking to what cases need to be made and what the American P...

Why theyre holding the vote in the first place. Quoting, she said we are taking this step to eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas, or continue obstructing the house of representatives. Nobody is above the law. Tomorrow will mark five weeks since Speaker Pelosi publicly announced the inquiry. In that time, the president s top lawyer said Administration Officials cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry. Secretary of state mike pompeo has said his employees cannot ...