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President , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. But to the extent that the president has concerns and to the extent that the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say that you should be in touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kind of relations. Now, were you involved, either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was...

Mean, thats the appropriate way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. To the extent the president has concerns and to the extent the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say youn touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. Now, were either of you involved with the preparation ...

Virtual theft of, you know, for example, the right to certain energy licenses, correct? >> that is one element, yes, sir. >> and the company burisma, its leader has a little bit of a storied history of corruption, doesn't he? >> he was minister of energy from 2010-2012 under the pro russian government and he used his regulatory authority to award gas exploration licenses to companies that he himself controlled. that would be considered an act of corruption in my view, yes. >> certainly self-dealing. >> certainly self-dealing and self-enriching. >> how did the ukrainian government ultimately pu...

>> and it effects the courts, the prosecutors, and there have historically been problems with all the prosecutors in ukraine, correct? >> i would say up until the new set of prosecutors appointed by president zelensky in the last two months, correct. >> okay. so the u.s. government, the consensus at the state department and the national security council and the white house is that zelensky is the real deal. rereformer. he is genuinely interested in rooting out corruption, prosecuting the bad guys. correct? >> i would say we are cautiously optimistic and we will work wherever there is the polit...