26efth. 17 . Yes. What do you come to mean by yes, sir. They got. Security assistan, three e amigos. As well. They cudid. If i said that number was my understanding of ambassador sondlands use of around 270 million. That term thed three people in would that probably be accurate . Charge of ukraine policy during the summer was he, gordon sound about right . Sondland and ambassador volker did they get aid in fy 18 . And secretary perry. When did you come to learn yes, sir. Including security about mr. T giulianis role and assistance . Including security what do you consider his role to assistance. We already talked about the have been . Er i first heard about former javelins and antitank missiles mayor jewgiulianis interest in that they were not able to purchase in previous ukraine in january of this year. Administrations. Have they gotten Security Assistance in fy 19 . Yes, sir. Prior to the 400 million or that was a different phase than what happened during the so that were discussing
dozens and dozens of nations around the world that are steeped in corruption, would you agree with that? i would say there is corruption in every country, including ours. all right. thank you. a some we re more concerned about than others. in these corrupt nations in which there are probably hundreds of corrupt individuals. hundreds of corrupt government officials. can you give me an example any time where the vice president of the united states shows up and demands that a specific prosecutor be fired and gives them a six-hour time limit to do that? are you aware of that ever happening in any other place? i guess the answer is no.ha and i just think it s interesting that out of hundreds of corrupt individuals, dozens of corrupt i nations that happed one time. and it happened with the individual whose son was being paid by the organization that was under investigation. one other thing very quickly.
us finally, mr. mulvaney said again, i was involved with the process by which the money was held up temporarily, okay. three issues for that. the corruption of the country, whether or not the countries are participating in the support of ukraine and whether or not they were cooperating in an ongoing investigation with our department of justice. that s completely legitimate. mr. kent, were you aware of any formal department of justice cooperation request made to the ukrainians? i am not aware that there was any formal department of justice request in this matter, no. was mr. mulvaney s statement false? ine think you d refer that question to theef department of justice since irt don t have fu knowledge on what they may have been w working on. just before you sat down to testify today the president tweeted multiple times about this hearing and he put in all caps, never trumpers. mr. kent, are you a never trumper? i amve a career nonprofessiol who serves whatever president is el
we spent money in support of the fbi and this investigation to build capacity and track down stolenan assets, end quote, is that etcorrect? that is correct. it was launched in may 2014 by the attorney general of the u.s. and uk in conjunction with the world bank. in fact by 2016 you were so concerned about corruption questions related to burisma that when there was an effort to sponsor an essay you asked usad to stop it. that s correct. you testified it was because burisma had a poor reputation in the business and you didn t think it was appropriate for the u.s. government to be co-sponsoring with a company that had a bad reputation, correct? you are also aware and you testified today that hunter biden servedth on the board of burisma. correct. and you also testified that you were, indeed concerned about the appearance of conflict of interest. that is correct.
soviet-born who has now been indicted had a meeting with the president in the white houseen after participating in a number ofic campaign events for the president and contributing $325,000 to the president s pack. so, maybe it s actually the requirement that you give money to the president s pack in order to get that meeting at the white house.si ambassador taylor, is it true that the prosecutor general now has opened an investigation in ukraine? thein newin prosecutor gener that president zelensky has appointedne is indeed investigating crimes in general. is that your question? yes. but is he he is in office and is investigating criminal activity. has he specified what