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supported ukraine. he denied them a white house visit until he could promise he could get what he wanted. why is that dangerous? what can you tell the american people about why it's important for us to support ukraine? >> first of all, look what he did. he, obviously, used taxpayer funded assistance, passed by the congress on a bipartisan basis, to both threaten an intimidate the new president of ukraine, to investigate his political opponents for the purpose of advancing his own re-election. now, that has so many elements in it and it's one of the reasons why i think it's broken through to the american people. it also is troubling that ukraine has been a subject of constant pressure from vladimir putin and the russian interests in ukraine. so you have the trump administration, the president, the vice president, others actually pressuring a new president who has a part of his country invaded and occupied by russian troops, and putting this poor new president in this vice. you think you are going to get
supported ukraine. he denied them a white house visit until he could promise he could get what he wanted. why is that dangerous? what can you tell the american people about why it's important for us to support ukraine? >> first of all, look what he did. he, obviously, used taxpayer funded assistance, passed by the congress on a bipartisan basis, to both threaten an intimidate the new president of ukraine, to investigate his political opponents for the purpose of advancing his own...
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william taylor is an expert on ukraine. he served as george w. bush's ambassador to ukraine. and after donald trump forced out marie yovanovitch as ambassador, william taylor is serving as acting ambassador to cr ukraine. he testified for ten hours today under oath about what rudy giuliani and donald trump have been doing with ukraine, yes, william taylor delivered testimony devastating to president trump. one freshman member of the committee hearing his testimony today said after the first couple hours of william taylor's testimony that it was, quote, my most disturbing day in congress so far. that congressman will join us in a moment. william taylor's testimony could make the impeachment of donald trump bipartisan. his testimony could turn some republican votes in the house of representatives and it might be the testimony that convinces republican senator mitt romney to vote to convict and remove donald trumphro and totally incompetent and unqualified ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, could face perjury charges after william taylor's testimony today. we wil
william taylor is an expert on ukraine. he served as george w. bush's ambassador to ukraine. and after donald trump forced out marie yovanovitch as ambassador, william taylor is serving as acting ambassador to cr ukraine. he testified for ten hours today under oath about what rudy giuliani and donald trump have been doing with ukraine, yes, william taylor delivered testimony devastating to president trump. one freshman member of the committee hearing his testimony today said after the first...
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to ukraine. it's not at all clear why this state department needed an envoy to ukraine when we already had an ambassador to ukraine. but it seems one of kurt volcker's missions was to translate trump to the new ukrainian president. that means kurt volcker was in frequent contact with bill taylor, who became in effect the acting ambassador in ukraine after donald trump removed an ambassador who rudy giuliani did not find to be cooperative enough in his ukraine schemes that were designed to force ukraine to help the trump campaign by investigating joe biden. "the new york times" reports this smoking gun in kurt volcker's under oath testimony today. he disclosed a set of texts in september in which bill taylor, the top american diplomat in ukraine, alluded to mr. trump's decision earlier in the summer to freeze a military aid package to the country. he told mr. sondland and mr. volcker, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. that is a very smoky gun, i
to ukraine. it's not at all clear why this state department needed an envoy to ukraine when we already had an ambassador to ukraine. but it seems one of kurt volcker's missions was to translate trump to the new ukrainian president. that means kurt volcker was in frequent contact with bill taylor, who became in effect the acting ambassador in ukraine after donald trump removed an ambassador who rudy giuliani did not find to be cooperative enough in his ukraine schemes that were designed to force...
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love for ukraine. lovely as they are, right? there isn't some terrifically spiritual bond between our countries that supersedes the bonds we have with other countries the only reason we've been supporting them is because they were freaking invaded by russia, right, which is a very unusual thing. up until now on a bipartisan basis, we, the yierkts helped support that country because they were invaded by russia and russia is occupying part of them. we have been helping them keep their country intact while russia is trying to take it. so to the extent we are now no longer supporting ukraine or we are making our support for them contingent on these political favors for president trump for his re-election campaign, it's a radical change in a short period of time in terms of what the u.s. is doing and what are when a our attitude is toward that world-changing event from 2014. and i think now it's becoming clear why or at least it's becoming clear how this all fits together. the "new york times" this weekend
love for ukraine. lovely as they are, right? there isn't some terrifically spiritual bond between our countries that supersedes the bonds we have with other countries the only reason we've been supporting them is because they were freaking invaded by russia, right, which is a very unusual thing. up until now on a bipartisan basis, we, the yierkts helped support that country because they were invaded by russia and russia is occupying part of them. we have been helping them keep their country...
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aid money from ukraine. that career state department official wrote and you've got to quote this, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. so you can't get more clear than that. this is according to multiple reports this evening. and the text came in early september and the reason i want to emphasize that date and that means that text was sent before the news broke that there was even a whistle-blower. trump's diplomat believed that the president of the united states was withholding security assistance for help on his re-election campaign. trump has denied time and time again that there was a quid pro quo. >> there was no quid pro quo at all. there was no quid pro quo. >> if you take a look at that call. it was perfect. i didn't do it. there was no quid pro quo. >> the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine obviously believed otherwise, and of course, the transcript of the president's own phone call asks him asking for a, quote, favor from the ukraine president when the pr
aid money from ukraine. that career state department official wrote and you've got to quote this, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. so you can't get more clear than that. this is according to multiple reports this evening. and the text came in early september and the reason i want to emphasize that date and that means that text was sent before the news broke that there was even a whistle-blower. trump's diplomat believed that the president of...
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special envoy to ukraine. now he is the former special envoy because last friday he abruptly resigned after he was named in the whistle-blower complaint that has given rise to this impeachment investigation. and really, even with the seemingly nonstop flow of breaking news about this whole impeachment scandal, there is a ton we don't know. it is unclear whether u.s. special envoy kurt volker may have been part of this scheme to pressure the ukrainian government. he showed up meeting with the ukrainian government right after president trump pressured them in a phone call to hand over dirt on biden as a condition of getting military aid. was volker part of this scheme, part of enacting that pressure campaign by president trump? or was he not part of this scheme but rather an important witness to it who might be able to shed light on what was done wrong? we may be about to get some answers. the house of representatives as part of their impeachment inquiry announced they'll be deposing five key state department of
special envoy to ukraine. now he is the former special envoy because last friday he abruptly resigned after he was named in the whistle-blower complaint that has given rise to this impeachment investigation. and really, even with the seemingly nonstop flow of breaking news about this whole impeachment scandal, there is a ton we don't know. it is unclear whether u.s. special envoy kurt volker may have been part of this scheme to pressure the ukrainian government. he showed up meeting with the...
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with the ukraine. it would appear the trump administration has been trying to make headway on that front for russia too. "the new york times" made kind of an offhand reference to that this weekend when they reported that president trump has, quote, quietly been urging a deal that would pave the way for a removal of western sanctions on moscow over their ongoing conflict in ukraine. obviously the removal of those western sanctions is, quote, long a goal of president putin's. president trump himself said as much back in august when he was asked whether or not he planned to invite the ukrainian president to the white house. he said at the time, quote, i think he's going to make a deal with president putin and he will be invited to the white house. meaning, yeah, i would like ukraine and russia to make a deal, i would like the ukrainian president to go make a deal with vladimir putin. then that guy can come to the white house. why does the u.s. president want ukraine to make a deal with russia over russia
with the ukraine. it would appear the trump administration has been trying to make headway on that front for russia too. "the new york times" made kind of an offhand reference to that this weekend when they reported that president trump has, quote, quietly been urging a deal that would pave the way for a removal of western sanctions on moscow over their ongoing conflict in ukraine. obviously the removal of those western sanctions is, quote, long a goal of president putin's. president...
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the president of ukraine right now, the president of ukraine said no pressure. the president of ukraine and his foreign minister said, again, no pressure, no blackmail. they don't even know what you people are talking about. it's a -- it's a hoax. it's a hoax. it's just a continuation of the russian witch hunt which turned out to be phony, the mueller deal was phony, and now they have this. and all it is is very simple. it's one conversation that i had with the president of ukraine that was perfect, that adam schiff defrauded everybody and he made up the conversation in the halls of congress. >> reporter: are you at all concerned about the growing criminal investigation into rudy giuliani? >> i don't think so, because i think rudy is a great gentleman. he's been a great crimefighter. he looks for corruption wherever he goes. everybody understands ukraine has great problems in that regard. he was the greatest mayor in the history of new york and has been one of the greatest crime fighters and corruption fight erg ers. rudy giuliani is a good man. >> reporter: do
the president of ukraine right now, the president of ukraine said no pressure. the president of ukraine and his foreign minister said, again, no pressure, no blackmail. they don't even know what you people are talking about. it's a -- it's a hoax. it's a hoax. it's just a continuation of the russian witch hunt which turned out to be phony, the mueller deal was phony, and now they have this. and all it is is very simple. it's one conversation that i had with the president of ukraine that was...
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>> look at ukraine. part of the ukraine probe. these guys were all maneuvering to get control of the biggest gas company in ukraine. >> money is always the answer. >> it's always the answer. it's getting hard to get people to stay is in line. telling the truth. thank you for joining me. that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now with ari melber in for rachel. >>> thank you for joining us this hour. rachel is off. will be back tomorrow. i'm ari melber. we have a lot for you on this very busy evening in the impeachment probe on capitol hill. it was exactly three weeks ago today that nancy pelosi announced congress was moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. sparked by the revelation that president trump had pressured a foreign government to gin up dirt on one of his political rivals. and would go on to admit it. today lawmakers returned to capitol hill from a two-week recess during which most of them went back to their districts and began to hear what their
>> look at ukraine. part of the ukraine probe. these guys were all maneuvering to get control of the biggest gas company in ukraine. >> money is always the answer. >> it's always the answer. it's getting hard to get people to stay is in line. telling the truth. thank you for joining me. that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now with ari melber in for rachel. >>> thank you for joining us this hour. rachel is off....
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dip crat in ukraine wrote this. president zelensky is sensitive about ukraine being taken seriously, not nearly as merely as an instrument in washington domestic, represent election politics. assuming president z convinces trump e will investigate, get to the bottom what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for a visit to washington. then on august 9th, volker texts giuliani, quote, hi, mr. mayor, had a good chat with yermak. he was pleased with your phone call, mentioned z making a statement. can we all get on the phone to make sure i advise z correctly as to what he should be saying had whant to make sure we get this done right. the next day zelensky's aide texts volker saying he wants to get a date for the white house visit before making a statement about the 2016 election. the aide texts back, once we have a date we'll call for a press briefing announcing upcoming visit and outlining visit for the reboot including among other things, burisma and the election. then a text about the "politico" article about
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he met with the president of ukraine. he was asked what he discussed with the president of ukraine. biden said that they focus entirely on addressing corruption of help and partnership from the europeans on this. shep. >> shepard: thank you. more now on what we are learning from the former ukrainian unvoiced testimony. live from capitol hill. hello. >> shep, he really matters because he is the connective tissue as that ukraine special envoy between the ukrainian leadership, the president, the july 25th phone call and also the president's personal attorney who is running his own investigation into the biden provides. he rapped on capitol hill five hours ago, he stands behind closed doors behind me in a secure facility purity is doing what is called "a transcribed interview." it doesn't matter if it's under oath or not, because there are severe penalties if the individual -- the witness lies or misleads congressional investigators. in the meantime, rudy giuliani has been on the defensive. he has been sharing text messages that he is against with reporters. i will draw your attention t
he met with the president of ukraine. he was asked what he discussed with the president of ukraine. biden said that they focus entirely on addressing corruption of help and partnership from the europeans on this. shep. >> shepard: thank you. more now on what we are learning from the former ukrainian unvoiced testimony. live from capitol hill. hello. >> shep, he really matters because he is the connective tissue as that ukraine special envoy between the ukrainian leadership, the...
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ambassador to ukraine had already been recalled. back now with david gergen, cate lan collins and jeff toobin. joining us, steve hall. steve, i mean you ran cia's russia operations division. does president trump seeking advice from putin and the hungarian prime minister in a private one-on-one conversation jeopardize national security? >> yeah, anderson. you've got this veritable buffet of horribleness in front of us and it's difficult for me to say which is the most horrible thing. that is certainly a terrible, terrible thing when you've got the president of the united states of america reaching out to a foreign leader and asking for that help regardless of whether there's a quid pro quo. you look at the other stuff that's going on here, you've got basically the decimation of anybody in this administration who understands russia and who understands ukraine, getting rid of all those people, ambassador yovanovitch, even john bolton, folks like that. and who replaces them. as you said, rudy giuliani. then you've got the president cons
ambassador to ukraine had already been recalled. back now with david gergen, cate lan collins and jeff toobin. joining us, steve hall. steve, i mean you ran cia's russia operations division. does president trump seeking advice from putin and the hungarian prime minister in a private one-on-one conversation jeopardize national security? >> yeah, anderson. you've got this veritable buffet of horribleness in front of us and it's difficult for me to say which is the most horrible thing. that...
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foreign policy toward ukraine. however, based on the president's direction, we were faced with a choice. and we chose to do what the president said and do this through giuliani instead. as i stated earlier, i may be from president trump at the may 23rd white house meeting that he wanted us to talk with mr. giuliani concerning our efforts to arrange a white house meeting for the ukrainian president, president zelensky. taking direction from the president, as i must. i spoke with mr. giuliani for that limited purpose. in these conversations, mr. giuliani emphasized that president trump wanted a public statement from president zelensky committing ukraine to look into anti-corruption issues. mr. giuliani specifically mentioned the 2016 election, including the dnc server and bareries ma, as two investigatory topics of importance for the president. as you can tell, this is written in the most -- forgive me -- the most cya language possible. this is from the one witness in the impeachment proceedings so far who was consid
foreign policy toward ukraine. however, based on the president's direction, we were faced with a choice. and we chose to do what the president said and do this through giuliani instead. as i stated earlier, i may be from president trump at the may 23rd white house meeting that he wanted us to talk with mr. giuliani concerning our efforts to arrange a white house meeting for the ukrainian president, president zelensky. taking direction from the president, as i must. i spoke with mr. giuliani for...
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ambassador to ukraine. if nothing else, her testimony today appears from the outside to have been thorough. she emerged from that closed door deposition after nine plus hours. she didn't get out until 7:40 eastern time. joining us now is tom melinowski. he was assistant secretary of state in both the state department and national security council. thank you for making time tonight. i know it's been a long day. >> thank you so much. >> i was struck by the congressman said there about how it was eight hours that went like a new york second that he seemed -- he seemed moved by the testimony. how would you describe the testimony today? >> i agree. you know, we spent nine hours with a diplomat, a patriot of tremendous courage and integrity who answered questions honestly, thoroughly and who set an example today that not only should you obey a legally binding subpoena, but you can. you can be a career civil servant or foreign service officer and despite the president's efforts to deny you the opportunity to compe
ambassador to ukraine. if nothing else, her testimony today appears from the outside to have been thorough. she emerged from that closed door deposition after nine plus hours. she didn't get out until 7:40 eastern time. joining us now is tom melinowski. he was assistant secretary of state in both the state department and national security council. thank you for making time tonight. i know it's been a long day. >> thank you so much. >> i was struck by the congressman said there about...
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he's making ukraine capitulate to russia. russia with ukraine, you're getting back to the soviet union. >> we have a lot more to talk about. rachel, stay with me. we'll also talk about the president's comments rachel just alluded to on the south lawn this morning. you're watching andrea mitchell with rachel maddow, only on msnbc. l maddow, only on msnbc. (kickstart my heart by motley crue)) (truck honks) (wheels screeching) (clapping) (sound of can hitting bag and bowl) (clapping) always there in crunch time. nsurance plan, insured by unitedhealca a medicare supplement plan helps pay for some of what medicare doesn't. that could help cut down on those out-of-your-pocket medical costs. call unitedhealthcare insurance company today... to request this free, and very helpful, decision guide. and learn about the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp. selected for meeting their high standards of quality and service. this type of plan lets you say "yes" to any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. there are no
he's making ukraine capitulate to russia. russia with ukraine, you're getting back to the soviet union. >> we have a lot more to talk about. rachel, stay with me. we'll also talk about the president's comments rachel just alluded to on the south lawn this morning. you're watching andrea mitchell with rachel maddow, only on msnbc. l maddow, only on msnbc. (kickstart my heart by motley crue)) (truck honks) (wheels screeching) (clapping) (sound of can hitting bag and bowl) (clapping) always...
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we are left it in the ukraine. they say you lecture us on corruption and your idiot press can't figure out we were paying off joe biden and what you think the chinese say? they were paying $1.5 billion to this kid who were buying the vice president. >> appreciate your coming on. >> you should do something about it. >> ahead, a couple extraordinary news conferences. immediate reaction to donald trump inviting china and ukraine to investigate biden. i've always had a knack for finding things... ...colon cancer,to be exact. and i find it noninvasively... no need for time off or special prep. it all starts here... you collect your sample, and cologuard uses the dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers. you can always count on me to know where to look. oh, i found them! i can do this test now! ask your doctor if cologuard is right for you. covered by medicare and most major insurers >> many journalists were stunned ever weeklong frenzy where donald trump's call with ukraine at leader, he went in front of the camer
we are left it in the ukraine. they say you lecture us on corruption and your idiot press can't figure out we were paying off joe biden and what you think the chinese say? they were paying $1.5 billion to this kid who were buying the vice president. >> appreciate your coming on. >> you should do something about it. >> ahead, a couple extraordinary news conferences. immediate reaction to donald trump inviting china and ukraine to investigate biden. i've always had a knack for...
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ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. so they give tons of money to this pac that's supporting sessions' re-election and pledge to raise tens of thousands of dollars for his re-election. they get a meeting with sessions and say you've got to help us get this ambassador out of there. and in fact republican congressman pete sessions makes good on his end of the bargain. nbc news has obtained the letter that congressman sessions sent to secretary of state mike pompeo shortly after that meeting with these guys who have now been arrested. in that letter congressman sessions in fact tells the secretary of state that he should, quote, consider terminating her ambassadorship as soon as possible. so again, i mean the scheme here for which president trump is being kbeechimpeached is a simp thing. but in order to enact this scheme where he's going to get help from ukraine against the democrats, a lot of different people had to play their part. this is something he did on his own. he put the u.s. government to work to enact this sche
ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. so they give tons of money to this pac that's supporting sessions' re-election and pledge to raise tens of thousands of dollars for his re-election. they get a meeting with sessions and say you've got to help us get this ambassador out of there. and in fact republican congressman pete sessions makes good on his end of the bargain. nbc news has obtained the letter that congressman sessions sent to secretary of state mike pompeo shortly after that meeting...
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how do you defend the fact that gordon sondland, the point man on ukraine, the shadow ukraine policy is stating according to vindman, there needs to me a quid pro quo. >> whenever faced with that question or asked, look, there is evidence piling up that is showing there were quid pro quos, multiple ones, that is what taylor testified to and then republicans say that is not a quid pro quo. i don't see a quid pro quo in that. or they just continue to attack the democratic process, the process that democrats are using. they don't really dive into the substance and they say that they believe that the president has -- hasn't done anything wrong and they deflect consistently. or they say that democrats need to bring this out into the public. and we'll see whether or not their arguments hold once this moves into the -- >> the process argument becomes moot. it is an easier argument to make for a while and it was sort of a place-holder so you don't deal with the substance as much. but once it comes out in public, you'll have to -- republicans will have to deal with that and the talking points
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and issues of corruption in ukraine. that was all we discussed. the simple truth is that those are the same issues that the president raised with president zelensky in their call. anyone who looks at the president's transcript will see that the president was raising issues that were appropriate, that were of genuine interest to the american people. >> greg miller is national security correspondent to "the washington post" i'm such a fan of all your reporting but this story jumps off the page, how is it going to land with the guy in the office with no corners? it seemed to me that pence did a little bit of dancing today. >> yeah, i mean, i think he's in a tough spot. he has so far in this presidency walked this tightrope where he sort of is supporting the president at every step but simultaneously keeping some distance away from him, enough distance that he hasn't been terribly tainted by all these scandals. i think in our story today we were trying to write about just how difficult it is to kind of accept that assertion
and issues of corruption in ukraine. that was all we discussed. the simple truth is that those are the same issues that the president raised with president zelensky in their call. anyone who looks at the president's transcript will see that the president was raising issues that were appropriate, that were of genuine interest to the american people. >> greg miller is national security correspondent to "the washington post" i'm such a fan of all your reporting but this story jumps...
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could have political favors from ukraine. now, five hours later, ambassador sondland actually replied. but what we now know is that during that that time he made a phone call and that was to president trump and president trump told ambassador sondland emphatically, according to a source familiar that there was no quid pro quo here. that there was no ask from ukraine for political favors, that would then allow for the security assistance to go through. so that is the gist of how ambassador sondland then replied to the ambassador of ukraine, saying there's no quid pro quo and explicitly saying he misunderstood what was happening and told the ambassador to call up the state department. interesting here, however, ambassador sondland, who also works for the state department, didn't call the state department here. he called president trump. we know that he is an ally of the president. sources know ambassador sondland, he was a donor of president trump's, and he had a direct phone line in. now, today, however, his testimony was bloc
could have political favors from ukraine. now, five hours later, ambassador sondland actually replied. but what we now know is that during that that time he made a phone call and that was to president trump and president trump told ambassador sondland emphatically, according to a source familiar that there was no quid pro quo here. that there was no ask from ukraine for political favors, that would then allow for the security assistance to go through. so that is the gist of how ambassador...
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ukraine is not part of the eu. that's apparently what volker was doing that as envoy to ukraine. that's apparently what rick perry, secretary of energy, was doing inserted into this process. that's what rudy giuliani was there for, of course. it's also apparently why they got rid of the previous ukrainian ambassador, marie yovanovitch. but they did have find a real person to hold down the ambassador after they fired her. unfortunately, for them, they picked a nonpartisan 50-year veteran diplomat who not only knows how things are supposed to run in u.s. policy, he knows something about the country in which he's operating, and he could see not only what a disaster this was in terms of president trump directly soliciting something from a foreign country that he wanted to use in his re-election campaign, which is a crime, he could see what he was doing to that country for this craven and illegal u.s. policy action to put that country in this position. and so today, with this remarkable testimony, we get this belated, but robust, sort of cry of conscious from bill taylor. and he took
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former ambassador to ukraine mar yee yovanovitch who was recalled from the ukraine is scheduled to give a deposition next week. wall street journal reports ordered her removed -- it was said after blocking an investigation into joe biden, among other things. just yesterday giuliani admitted to passing on some weird propaganda packet of conspiracy theories at the state department some of which were used to smear the former ukrainian ambassador yovanovitch. and joining me now is one of the members of congress at the deposition of the former envoy to ukraine today, and he's a member of both the house foreign affairs committee and the house oversight committee. congressman, what did you hear today? >> well, i heard some chilling things, but what i mostly heard, chris, was corroborative evidence of the whistle-blower complaint, and for that matter, factual backup for the actual transcript of july 25th phone call between president trump and president zelensky. >> after listening to volker, do you feel like you have a better sense of the scope of this effort which reporting now indicates was n
former ambassador to ukraine mar yee yovanovitch who was recalled from the ukraine is scheduled to give a deposition next week. wall street journal reports ordered her removed -- it was said after blocking an investigation into joe biden, among other things. just yesterday giuliani admitted to passing on some weird propaganda packet of conspiracy theories at the state department some of which were used to smear the former ukrainian ambassador yovanovitch. and joining me now is one of the...
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diplomat in ukraine at the time. he writes, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu responds, bill, i believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is truly going adopt the transparency and reforms that president zelensky promised during his campaign. sondland then asked to take it offline. quote, i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. congressman mike quigley is on the intelligence committee. his staff were among those that interviewed the source of those texts, kurt volcker. congressman quigley, i'll get to the texts in a minute. your take on rachael bade's reporting that volker testified a meeting between ukraine's president and trump was contingent on the ukrainian president agreeing to make a statement regarding the bidens. >> i want to make clear i have read the text multiple ti
diplomat in ukraine at the time. he writes, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu responds, bill, i believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is truly going adopt the transparency and reforms that president zelensky promised during his campaign. sondland then...
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christopher anderson served as the ukraine expert advising former special envoy to ukraine kirk volker. christopher anderson was followed in that job by catherine croft. christopher anderson, according to his opening statement, told house investigators that rudy giuliani prevented the trump administration from strengthening cooperation with ukraine. christopher anderson described a meeting he had with john bolton on the topic of having senior white house officials engage more with ukraine. john bolton identified an obstacle to better engagement with ukraine. he cautioned that mr. giuliani was a key voice with the president on ukraine which could be an obstacle to increased white house engagement. according to catherine croft's opening statement she first learned of the trump white house's plan to hold up ukrainian -- military assistance to ukraine during a july 18th office of budget and management meeting and she listened in by videoconference. an omb official told the group that white house chief of staff mick mulvaney has placed what she called an informal hold on the aid to ukraine.
christopher anderson served as the ukraine expert advising former special envoy to ukraine kirk volker. christopher anderson was followed in that job by catherine croft. christopher anderson, according to his opening statement, told house investigators that rudy giuliani prevented the trump administration from strengthening cooperation with ukraine. christopher anderson described a meeting he had with john bolton on the topic of having senior white house officials engage more with ukraine. john...
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policy in ukraine, comes amid questions about his role in the white house effort to pressure ukraine into launching an investigation into the president's political opponents. he has not been accused of any wrongdoing. the president says perry will leave at the end of the year. >>> the other major story playing out today involves turkey, and tonight, president trump celebrating what the u.s. is calling a cease-fire, saying this is a "great day for civilization." it was a week and a half ago, president trump talked with turkey's president, then president trump suddenly announcing he was pulling u.s. troops out of a key part of syria. the white house issuing a statement at the time that turkey would be moving in. now, the president is taking credit for this cease-fire, and tonight, turkey is not even calling it a cease-fire. they're calling it a pause. democrats and some republicans are livid by this and the horrible sequence of events that played out after that phone call with turkey. one key republican calling for an investigation tonight. and mary bruce is on the hill. >> reporter: e
policy in ukraine, comes amid questions about his role in the white house effort to pressure ukraine into launching an investigation into the president's political opponents. he has not been accused of any wrongdoing. the president says perry will leave at the end of the year. >>> the other major story playing out today involves turkey, and tonight, president trump celebrating what the u.s. is calling a cease-fire, saying this is a "great day for civilization." it was a week...
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he's the senior diplomat to ukraine. he wrote that text message to ambassador sondland from the eu saying i think it crazy to withhold assistance for help with a political campaign and they there was the five-hour gap and ambassador sondland kind of read out a statement, essentially, sounded like it was coming from donald trump. >> that's what we call the classic cya memo that goes out. some memberlawyer said oh my go have a problem here. yes, we do. keep in mind, we have a problem in the white house. the transcript that was not complete went into the deep vault never to be seen by anybody again. i have news for the president. we're going to see what's in that vault. we'll find out exactly what was said in his own word and we're going to find out, i want you to do a favor, though. yeah, there you have it. trump broke the law. >> do you think that there is a recording of the conversation? do you think there is a more full transcript? somewhere? >> well, what happened during the nixon period, except for that 18 minutes tha
he's the senior diplomat to ukraine. he wrote that text message to ambassador sondland from the eu saying i think it crazy to withhold assistance for help with a political campaign and they there was the five-hour gap and ambassador sondland kind of read out a statement, essentially, sounded like it was coming from donald trump. >> that's what we call the classic cya memo that goes out. some memberlawyer said oh my go have a problem here. yes, we do. keep in mind, we have a problem in the...
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ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. she was pulled out of the embassy, apparently with the consent of secretary of state mike pompeo in the spring of this year. ambassador yovanovitch testified on friday that she was told to get out of ukraine, quote, on the next plane. in her opening statement before her nine-hour deposition on friday, she spelled out how the number two official in the state department told her it was on the president's orders that she was being recalled from her ambassadorship, even though she was told she had done nothing wrong. if that in fact was the conclusion of the state department, that she had done nothing wrong and was being pulled out anyway just because the president wanted her out, it is all the more remarkable that the secretary of state mike pompeo we now know was sitting there on the call between president trump and president zelensky of ukraine when president trump apropos of nothing brought up the u.s. ambassador to ukraine and told the ukrainian president that she was, in his words,
ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. she was pulled out of the embassy, apparently with the consent of secretary of state mike pompeo in the spring of this year. ambassador yovanovitch testified on friday that she was told to get out of ukraine, quote, on the next plane. in her opening statement before her nine-hour deposition on friday, she spelled out how the number two official in the state department told her it was on the president's orders that she was being recalled from her...
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trump was up to in ukraine. they represented that bipartisan policy and it's not a surprise to me that they're the first people who are going to testify in front of that impeachment inquiry. the last thing, rachel that's really important is the republicans used to be more hawkish about this. the criticism we got in the obama administration from people like lindsey graham was we weren't doing enough to support ukraine. now republicans have done a 180, saying there's nothing wrong with this call transcript. it's a window into the cynicism of the republican party. how much they flipped on this issue just to protect trump. >> and ben, as we go forward and head into these next couple of days with mike pompeo essentially threatening that he's going to try to block those officials you were just describing from speaking to congress, we don't exactly know how this is going to go with these depositions and when they're going to happen and who exactly is going to show up and how much the state department is going to do to
trump was up to in ukraine. they represented that bipartisan policy and it's not a surprise to me that they're the first people who are going to testify in front of that impeachment inquiry. the last thing, rachel that's really important is the republicans used to be more hawkish about this. the criticism we got in the obama administration from people like lindsey graham was we weren't doing enough to support ukraine. now republicans have done a 180, saying there's nothing wrong with this call...
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now it's ukraine, ukraine, ukraine. let's take a look. >> the president called on the russians to help in this campaign by hacking and hillary's emails. >> we are using this as leverage to obtain dirt. another country many factor dirt on his opponent. >> we believe the president of united states engaged in a cover-up. >> i think that there is evidence of a cover-up. >> the campaign accepted help. the russians gave help and the president made full use of that help. >> i do not think we can rely on a country beholden on the good graces of donald trump to be able to level with us on this. >> no one is above the law, especially the president of the united states. the president believes that he is above the law. the law being the constitution of the united states. >> there is already in my view ample evidence in the public domain on the issue of collusion if you are willing to see it. >> it is very powerful evidence of that kind of potential impeachable offense. >> sean: do you see a pattern? it would almost be funny if they
now it's ukraine, ukraine, ukraine. let's take a look. >> the president called on the russians to help in this campaign by hacking and hillary's emails. >> we are using this as leverage to obtain dirt. another country many factor dirt on his opponent. >> we believe the president of united states engaged in a cover-up. >> i think that there is evidence of a cover-up. >> the campaign accepted help. the russians gave help and the president made full use of that help....
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this one is with australia, this one is with ukraine. treaty with ukraine, a mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, same with the matter involving australia. treaty with australia on mutual assistance in criminal matters. the president -- when he made calls on behalf of the attorney general to encourage cooperation regarding how this entire counterintelligence fraud took place, he was not only within his constitutional rights to do it, but as harry hutchison points out, it was his constitutional obligation to engage in this -- why? because the president is required to faithfully execute the laws of the united states and the constitution. that's what he is doing. what is happening right now is individuals -- and this is what we have to understand. those who are so opposed to what the president is doing on any front are trying to weaponize the constitution to make the execution of it illegal. when you look at these two treaties, and there are other treaties with other countries, as well -- when you look at the phone calls in the hist
this one is with australia, this one is with ukraine. treaty with ukraine, a mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, same with the matter involving australia. treaty with australia on mutual assistance in criminal matters. the president -- when he made calls on behalf of the attorney general to encourage cooperation regarding how this entire counterintelligence fraud took place, he was not only within his constitutional rights to do it, but as harry hutchison points out, it was his...
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of ukraine on that, is there any explanation that supports that? because from my understanding, there's probably a lot of like current acts of corruption that could be focused on. i'm sure the president has access to intelligence about ongoing corruption in a country like ukraine or anywhere else, but he's talking very specifically about his political opponent. >> it just doesn't hold water. this president has not been concerned with corruption in saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman or in turkey, pred erdogan, or in russia, president putin. he doesn't speak out against corruption. it's very clear and if you look at the lead "new york times" story in the sunday edition, it's just chapter and verse for the last nine months president trump and rudy giuliani have been interested in one thing, go after the bidens. do us a favor, said president trump to president zelensky, go after the bidens. that's not the american national interest. and if the president is singularly putting forward his own political interests for 2020, ahead of our national interest, w
of ukraine on that, is there any explanation that supports that? because from my understanding, there's probably a lot of like current acts of corruption that could be focused on. i'm sure the president has access to intelligence about ongoing corruption in a country like ukraine or anywhere else, but he's talking very specifically about his political opponent. >> it just doesn't hold water. this president has not been concerned with corruption in saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman or in...
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-ukraine relations. volodymyr zelensky had just been elected president and ukraine remained at war with russia. as the summer approached, a new ukrainian government would be seated, parliamentary elections were imminent and the ukrainian political trajectory would be set for the next several years. i cared about ukraine's future and the important u.s. interests there. so when secretary pompeo asked me to go back to kiev, i wanted to say yes but it was not an easy decision. the former ambassador, masha yovanovitch, had been treated poorly caught in a web of machinations both in kiev and in washington. i feared those problems were still present. when i talked to her about accepting the offer, however, she urged me to go both for policy reasons and for the morale of the embassy. before answering the secretary, though, i consulted both my wife and a respected former senior republican official who's been a mentor to me. i'll tell you my wife in no uncertain terms strongly opposed the idea. the mentor counsele
-ukraine relations. volodymyr zelensky had just been elected president and ukraine remained at war with russia. as the summer approached, a new ukrainian government would be seated, parliamentary elections were imminent and the ukrainian political trajectory would be set for the next several years. i cared about ukraine's future and the important u.s. interests there. so when secretary pompeo asked me to go back to kiev, i wanted to say yes but it was not an easy decision. the former...
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joe biden was sent to ukraine to in part deal with corruption and he helped to corrupt the ukraine. he is a laughingstock. we are because we talk about corruption and this guy puts his incompetent son to work for the most crooked oligarch in russia. i mean, it is outrageous. the only really sad part of this is how much h in the tank and hw corrupt this media has become. they have corruption staring them in the face and they closed their eyes to it and then they make upes charges against president trump that aren't true. they don't look at this whistle-blower. he is giving them hearsay evidence. the thing is filled with i don't know, i heard, i overheard. there is n not a single time he says, i know. yesterday i produced a witness who is under oath. he is willing to give his name, he is willing to testify. maybe one of our republicans in the sentence could call him. he is the guy that biden fired. he is the guy that will testify under oath. he will face biden and say, you corrupted my country. you got me fired on false pretext and then you had the case against a corrupt company dismi
joe biden was sent to ukraine to in part deal with corruption and he helped to corrupt the ukraine. he is a laughingstock. we are because we talk about corruption and this guy puts his incompetent son to work for the most crooked oligarch in russia. i mean, it is outrageous. the only really sad part of this is how much h in the tank and hw corrupt this media has become. they have corruption staring them in the face and they closed their eyes to it and then they make upes charges against...
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i met with the ambassador in 2017 in ukraine. a consummate professional very much on top of her game and very knowledgeable when it came to the region and explaining to the delegation that was there what was happening and what our plan of action was. it makes sense someone like fiona hill would praise her in testimony today. i think republicans in some cases are making legitimate arguments about process, process does matter here. i think the democratic majority has to take into account two elements as they proceed, number one, transparency and i think chairman schiff could do a little better in that space being more transparent, more forthcoming. secondly, sobriety. to the degree republicans are using these process arguments to deflect attention from some of the central issues which you just mentioned the way that foreign policy was being carried out, that is unacceptable. the president seems to think that conducting foreign policy is like trying to put together real estate deal in manhattan and that's just not how it works. you
i met with the ambassador in 2017 in ukraine. a consummate professional very much on top of her game and very knowledgeable when it came to the region and explaining to the delegation that was there what was happening and what our plan of action was. it makes sense someone like fiona hill would praise her in testimony today. i think republicans in some cases are making legitimate arguments about process, process does matter here. i think the democratic majority has to take into account two...
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earliest red flags in the trump ukraine scandal. speaking today of her firing, you vyovanovitch said quote thee would be a concerted campaign against me. she denied multiple unsubstantiated allegations that have been leveled against her calling them fictitious and she said she was, quote, incredulous that the u.s. government chose to remove an ambassador based as best i can tell on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. her scathing rebuke of those who targeted her comes as we learn the scope of the lobbying campaign that rudy giuliani waged to get her fired, an effort he mounted with his two business associates, lev parnas and igor fruman, both of which were arrested this week. quote, he believed yovanovitch had been an obstacle to investigate mr. biden. that said yovanovitch told congress, quote, i do not know mr. giuliani's motives for attacking me but she warned of a, quote, unfortunate alliance between ukrainians who continue to operate within a corrupt system and americans who either did not un
earliest red flags in the trump ukraine scandal. speaking today of her firing, you vyovanovitch said quote thee would be a concerted campaign against me. she denied multiple unsubstantiated allegations that have been leveled against her calling them fictitious and she said she was, quote, incredulous that the u.s. government chose to remove an ambassador based as best i can tell on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. her scathing rebuke of those who targeted...
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but the way this is going in terms of the president making these demands on the ukraine and ukraine appearing to accede to those demands, this story is not getting better, it is getting worse. what the government has ordered and it's impact. and i say that not to bum you out, but because i know that the news is moving really fast right now. we've had like ten straight days of almost insane news days in terms of the pace and the magnitude of the importance of those stories. easy to get overwhelmed in this story. at its heart this is still very simple, maybe that's why it's moving so fast. there's at this center of this story, this unrebuttable central claim here that remains very simply that the president asked a foreign country for help. against the democrats for his re-election. that's it. that's potentially a crime. no american can solicit something of value for use in a federal election from a foreign source whether or not the president himself can be prosecuted for such a crime. anybody else who participates in in such a scheme can be prosecuted for such a crime. ask michael cohen. but th
but the way this is going in terms of the president making these demands on the ukraine and ukraine appearing to accede to those demands, this story is not getting better, it is getting worse. what the government has ordered and it's impact. and i say that not to bum you out, but because i know that the news is moving really fast right now. we've had like ten straight days of almost insane news days in terms of the pace and the magnitude of the importance of those stories. easy to get...
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especially ukraine. listen to the president speaking to this today. >> i don't care about biden's campaign but i do care about corruption. his campaign, that's up to him. politics that's up to them. i don't care about politics. politics i think i made clear and yesterday somebody asked me a question and i gave an answer. but always in the form of corruption. what i want to do and i think i have an obligation to do it, probably a duty to do it, corruption. we are looking for corruption. i believe there was tremendous corruption with biden but i think there was beyond -- i mean beyond corruption, having to do with the 2016 campaign. >> sean: from russia to ukraineened everything between. slam this president with conspiracy theory after another. one hoax after another hoax after another hoax, one lie after lie after lie. tonight they are sick. they are twisted. their schemes are ununravelling. impeachment exposed for what it is a farce. then you have creepy joe 30330 in serious trouble. that didn't have thr
especially ukraine. listen to the president speaking to this today. >> i don't care about biden's campaign but i do care about corruption. his campaign, that's up to him. politics that's up to them. i don't care about politics. politics i think i made clear and yesterday somebody asked me a question and i gave an answer. but always in the form of corruption. what i want to do and i think i have an obligation to do it, probably a duty to do it, corruption. we are looking for corruption. i...
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government's support of ukraine. i realize that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national security. following the call i, again, reported my concerns to the lead counsel for the national security council." and it goes on. again, this just obtained this evening. the opening statement from lieutenant colonel alexander vinman, top ukraine official on the national security council who appears to validate the concerns of the whistle-blower that led to these impeachment proceedings against the president. and express his own alarm at what he saw on that call and of the president's behavior. more to come. stay with us. it's been a long time since andrew dusted off his dancing shoes. luckily denture breath will be the least of his worries. because he uses polident 4 in 1 cleaning system to kill 99.99% of odor causing bacteri
government's support of ukraine. i realize that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national security. following the call i, again, reported my concerns to the lead counsel for the national security council." and it goes on. again, this just obtained this evening. the opening statement from...
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christopher anderson serve in that top role on the ukraine issue as the top advisor to the ukraine envoy until july of this year. he testified today in addition to that incident involving the russian navy and the kiboshing of a statement condemning it, he also testified today at white house meetings he heard national security advisor john bolton express concerns about rudy giuliani intervening in this part of u.s. foreign policy. and you'll yawny's calls for ukraine to perform some sort of investigations that might benefit president trump. christopher anderson was succeeded in his job after he left this summer by catherine croft, she's another foreign service officer. she squeeded this summer in july. he also testified today in the impeachment proceedings. among other things catherine croft confirmed the details of a meeting that happened july 18th, soon after she took up this key post. and this july 18th meeting is one of the key moments ambassador bill taylor testified about to impeachment inquiry last week. bill taylor was sort of the seat change witness for the proceedings going on s
christopher anderson serve in that top role on the ukraine issue as the top advisor to the ukraine envoy until july of this year. he testified today in addition to that incident involving the russian navy and the kiboshing of a statement condemning it, he also testified today at white house meetings he heard national security advisor john bolton express concerns about rudy giuliani intervening in this part of u.s. foreign policy. and you'll yawny's calls for ukraine to perform some sort of...
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and promoting corruption in ukraine. so you and everything and he is a current high level state department official with responsibility for ukraine policy. documents turned over to congress by the state department inspector general last week included emails from george kent where he pushed back against rudy giuliani and the president's conspiracy theories in realtime. you can see george kent doing that in emails like this one, a rundown for other state department officials of the, quote, daily update of the fake news driven smear out of ukraine. the fake news driven smear is what giuliani and trump were trying to leverage ukraine to do in exchange for a white house visit and potentially military aid. there is also this email in which george kent dismisses the false allegation that ambassador yovanovitch had given ukrainian prosecutors a do not prosecute list. george kent in this email calls that idea, quote, complete poppycock. so it seems like george kent was one of those inside the state department, again, a veteran ca
and promoting corruption in ukraine. so you and everything and he is a current high level state department official with responsibility for ukraine policy. documents turned over to congress by the state department inspector general last week included emails from george kent where he pushed back against rudy giuliani and the president's conspiracy theories in realtime. you can see george kent doing that in emails like this one, a rundown for other state department officials of the, quote, daily...
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ambassador to ukraine. elliot, i think giuliani was on lou dobbs earlier tonight, and i'm told he referred to himself and attorney general barr in tandem saying, quote, they're going after both of his attorneys, meaning the president's attorneys. they're going after barr, who is his government attorney, and they're going after me, who is his private attorney. barr is not the president's attorney. he's not supposed to be. >> and the problem here is as much with how the president regards the role of attorney general and who all these people who happen to have law degrees but are serving the president. barr is not the president's attorney, and i think that's a big misunderstanding as to how the role works, how the role ought to work. we talked about this last night too. what exactly is rudy giuliani's job? you know, getting on with what carrie had said, maybe this information that he presented is frivolous, and it very well might be. congress still has a duty to look at what he's presented, but the problem is
ambassador to ukraine. elliot, i think giuliani was on lou dobbs earlier tonight, and i'm told he referred to himself and attorney general barr in tandem saying, quote, they're going after both of his attorneys, meaning the president's attorneys. they're going after barr, who is his government attorney, and they're going after me, who is his private attorney. barr is not the president's attorney. he's not supposed to be. >> and the problem here is as much with how the president regards...
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there are all kinds of factions inside ukrain. they were using giuliani as much as he was trying to use them. squeshe understood who the good guys were and bad guys were and the people throwing dirt on joe biden were not good guys. >> what president trump calls bad things most ous would regard as good things. that's what our former ambassador was doing there as her testimony today, at least the part we've been able to read, makes clear. she was trying toing do what any u.s. ambassador should do which is push a can country away from krupgsz. corruption. while he's claimed it was his efforts to redact corruption, it was his lawyer rudy giuliani, injecting corruption into the system. >> do you see this as donald trump's impeachment stonewall strategy seeping out? they may want to speak and at times disagree with the device or request not to but they honorer it. there's something differants happening when we see a failings of officials to speak out. >> before the people they were preventing from going to testify in the mueller investi
there are all kinds of factions inside ukrain. they were using giuliani as much as he was trying to use them. squeshe understood who the good guys were and bad guys were and the people throwing dirt on joe biden were not good guys. >> what president trump calls bad things most ous would regard as good things. that's what our former ambassador was doing there as her testimony today, at least the part we've been able to read, makes clear. she was trying toing do what any u.s. ambassador...
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that was manafort's link to ukraine. when he brought manafort, he brought his methods and tactics and friends. this is the originen. this is why ukraine became part of u.s. politics. >> do you think there's more to uncover here? because poroshenko was involved in some of the issues in fact he was the one being asked by bide t -- biden to fire the prosecutor. >> remember that -- the former president fell after the protests and president poroshenko came to power after a free election. one of the things poroshenko began to do was investigate the previous president including the relationship with paul manafort. in 2018 those investigations were stopped. it has always been assumed whether there was pressure from the trump administration or not, that poroshenko stopped the investigation into manafort because he didn't want to irritate president trump. >> and now president zielinski seems to have succumbed to the pressure and has announced that he will investigate or they will review the investigation of the company that joe bi
that was manafort's link to ukraine. when he brought manafort, he brought his methods and tactics and friends. this is the originen. this is why ukraine became part of u.s. politics. >> do you think there's more to uncover here? because poroshenko was involved in some of the issues in fact he was the one being asked by bide t -- biden to fire the prosecutor. >> remember that -- the former president fell after the protests and president poroshenko came to power after a free election....