support in ukraine s de facto war in independence, has been critical. we heard how the white house visit was dangled. david holmes testified how that was critical to president zelens zelensky, to demonstrate to putin that he had u.s. backing. that is interesting just because this wasn t just a social visit. it wasn t just zelensky liked trump or loved his behind. they weren t just sipping tea. this was an important, strategic visit. absolutely. we know that donald trump requested investigations of his political rivals. david holmes told us about the famous or infamous restaurant conversation. i heard it through the cell phone. president trump asked, he s going to do the investigation? and gordon sondland said that happened. and donald trump. the july 25th transcript, where donald trump says to zelensky, i want you to find out what happens with this situation with ukraine. and donald trump explicitly
asked for an investigation of biden s son, that biden stopped the prosecution. so, we have that piece. and finally, the connectivity, that the foreign aid and the white house visit were conditioned, connected, quid pro quo, on political investigations. and we just saw evidence upon evidence piled up of that. we saw bill taylor said, it was becoming clear to me that meeting president zelensky was conditioned on the investigation. we heard from vindman, it was a demand for him to fulfill this prerequisi prerequisite. it had to happen first to get the meeting. similar from sondland. i recall speaking with resumption of aid would not resume until the investigation. kurt volker quid pro quo to ukraine. and mick mulvaney said get over it. and donald trump said, i want you to do us i would like you to do us a favor. we have those three pieces all
a second whistleblower has come forward with information about trump. mark zaid, says his team rmt respects a second person who works in the intelligence community. he says his client has firsthand knowledge backing claims by the first whistleblower, who raised the alarm between mr. trump and zelensky. this is likely to undercut republicans who called the first whistleblower s claims hearsay. the first whistleblower claimed the president abused his official powers, digging up dirt on joe biden. and the white house tried to cover that up. the president has denied doing anything improper. cnn s jeremy diamond has more from the white house. reporter: there is now a second whistleblower from within
the alarm between mr. trump and zelensky. this is likely to undercut republicans who called the first whistleblower s claims hearsay. the first whistleblower claimed the president abused his official powers, digging up dirt on joe biden. and the white house tried to cover that up. the president has denied doing anything improper. cnn s jeremy diamond has more from the white house. reporter: there is now a second whistleblower from within the intelligence community, who has also raised concerns about president trump s call with the ukrainian president. the first whistleblower set off an impeachment inquiry from house democrats. now, also representing the second whistleblower. one of the attorneys says in a statement, i can confirm my firm and my team have multiple whistleblowers in connection to the august 12th, 2019 disclosure to the intelligence community inspector general. the second whistleblower has not
do you not trust the fbi? you don t trust the cia? no, i don t. i m con feuds confused here. after james comey. you believe the fbi and cia i don t trust any of them. do you trust them now? no. i didn t trust them then. senator johnson is on the homeland security committee. more questions than answers on the origin of the call to zelens zelensky. a report from the times that rick perry told the president to speak to zelensky was about energy matters. in a statement, a spokesman said, secretary of perry believes there is need for regional security. perry in the impeachment probe spotlight after trump told house republicans, it was the energy secretary who pushed him to call zelensky. energy issues don t appear in the transcript of the july 25th