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Mr. Eisenberg, he told me to take my concerns to him. And, theres a period of time in it wasnt that long a period of time, but it was enough time for me to enough time to talk to someone who you want i will assume it is, right . Ive been instructed not to, representative jordan. Hes what im getting. He told you not to talk to any of the people and you interpret that as not talking to your boss. But you talked to your brother, you talked to the lawyers, you talked to secretary kent, and the one guy adam schiff will let you tell us who he is. Is that right . Representative jordan, i did my job. Im not saying you didnt. All im saying is the instructions from the lawyer where that you shouldnt talk to anybody, and you interpret that as dont talk to my boss, but im gonna go talk to someone that we cant even ask you if that individual is. That is incorrect. I just read what you said. I shouldnt talk to any of the people. The time of the gentleman has expired. Im sorry, mr. Chairman, that seq ....
So-called trump-russia coordination, collusion, which was never there. open an investigation, spied on two american citizens associated with the presidential campaign. that s probably never happen in american history, but they did it. and for ten months, jim comey s fbi investigated the president. guess what? after ten months, they had nothing. you know why we know that? we deposed mr. comey last congress, he told us they didn t have a thing. no matter. special counsel mueller gets appointed, and they do a 2-year, $40 million, 19-lawyer, unbelievable investigation. guess what? they come back and they ve got nothing. but the democrats don t care. so now we get this. a bunch of depositions in the bunker in the basement of the capital, witnesses who aren t allowed to answer questions about who they talked to you about the phone call. we get this. all based on some anonymous ....
You said that ambassador sondland was calling for an investigation that didn t exist into the bidens and burisma. is that correct? that is correct. that same afternoon he went to mr. eisenberg, correct? that occurred in the afternoon, and i m sure it was a been within a couple hours i talk to mr. eisenberg. how did he react? he was cool, calm, and collected. he said he would look into it and you took notes. did he tell you you would be free to come back if you have additional concerns? he did, mr. congressman. ambassador sondland said his request to the ukrainians had been coordinated with the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney. did you report that to mr. eisenberg? i did. what was his reaction? he took notes and he said he would follow up or look into it. i don t recall exactly what he said. colonel, you also testified ....
Tremendously serious. except we don t have anything like that. to bookend it, here is how chairman schiff ended today. he talked about this transaction yet again, this discussion, and responding to the point that nothing actually happen here. in the sense that the ukrainians got the raid , they didn t have to promise to investigate biden. chairman schiff said, this is no less odious because it was discovered and stops. that s preposterous. of course is less odious because it was discovered and stopped. even if you accept which i m not necessarily sure this is true if they have pushed for investigation of the bidens, something that probably ought to be investigated, something that is utterly inappropriate, we don t even have that. the democrats continuing from ....
Anybody, and you interpret that as don t talk to my boss, but i m gonna go talk to someone that we can t even ask you if that individual is. that is incorrect. i just read what you said. i shouldn t talk to any of the people. the time of the gentleman has expired. i m sorry, mr. chairman, that sequence is not the way it played out. please, let the colonel answer. speak of the sequence played out where immediately afterwards i expressed my concerns, i did my coordination function, mr. eisenberg circle background and told me how to talk to anybody else. in that period of time i did not manage to so that s what happened. that s when he talked to someone. that s right. think you, mr. chairman. colonel vindman, let s go back to that pair of meetings on jul. about scrambled eggs office and down in the boardroom, were you witnessed ambassador sondland informed the ukrainian officials that, as a prerequisite, ukrainians would have to deliver an investigation into the bid ....