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of ukraine. "the washington post" reported, for example, that it a former senior administration official who were people he discussed the issue with president trump said that the president thought "what we were doing in ukraine was pointless and just aggravating the russians." the official went on to say the president position basically is we should recognize the fact that the russians should be our friend, and who cares about the ukrainians? times" had a similar report, saying that president trump has had harsh words about ukraine, and they are terrible people, he is quoted as having said. they are all corrupt and they try to take me down. and it is this sense where the president and his personal attorney have been arguing that, in fact, it was ukrainian collusion with the democrats and the clinton campaign, not russian collusion with the trump campaign that should be the focus of investigation. in addition, mr. giuliani has been trying to push for further vista geisha and of former vice preside
of ukraine. "the washington post" reported, for example, that it a former senior administration official who were people he discussed the issue with president trump said that the president thought "what we were doing in ukraine was pointless and just aggravating the russians." the official went on to say the president position basically is we should recognize the fact that the russians should be our friend, and who cares about the ukrainians? times" had a similar...
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rightesident of ukraine, now, said no pressure. the president of ukraine and his foreign minister said, again, no blackmail, they don't even know what you people are talking about. hoax and ax, it's a continuation of the russian witchhunt, which turned out to be phony. phony, and deal was now they have to -- and all it is is very simple. it is one conversation that i had with the president of ukraine that was perfect. defraudedschiff everybody and he made up the conversation. >> are you concerned about the growing criminal investigation into rudy giuliani? president trump: i don't think so, because i think rudy is a great gentleman. he has been a great crimefighter. he looks for corruption wherever he goes. everyone understands ukraine has big problems in that regard. rudy giuliani is a fine man. he was the greatest mayor in the history of new york and has been one of the greatest crimefighters and corruption fighters. rudy giuliani is a good man. do you want to see your justice department still investigate biden? president trump:
rightesident of ukraine, now, said no pressure. the president of ukraine and his foreign minister said, again, no blackmail, they don't even know what you people are talking about. hoax and ax, it's a continuation of the russian witchhunt, which turned out to be phony. phony, and deal was now they have to -- and all it is is very simple. it is one conversation that i had with the president of ukraine that was perfect. defraudedschiff everybody and he made up the conversation. >> are you...
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was withholding military aid from ukraine, stopping trade discussion was ukraine, or that the u.s. was about to cut $800 million in nato-related military construction projects in europe during that call? mr. sullivan: i do not believe that that was mentioned in the call. sen. kaine: so you have seen a transcript. mr. sullivan: i have not. but i have not been told that that was -- sen. kaine: you are unaware. mr. sullivan: my recollection is that there was a massive wildfire -- sen. kaine: the summary of the call was wildfires. mr. sullivan: that's what i am aware of. sen. risch: senator rubio. sen. rubio: thank you for being here today, and thank you for your service to our country, which i think is across four cabinet departments, three administrations, last two years as the deputy, and all six weeks as the acting secretary of state. now you are going to russia. as i told you yesterday, i don't know what you're going to do to top that. that's a great record of service to our country. because you are the nominee to such an important post, i think we just want to cut to the chase. w
was withholding military aid from ukraine, stopping trade discussion was ukraine, or that the u.s. was about to cut $800 million in nato-related military construction projects in europe during that call? mr. sullivan: i do not believe that that was mentioned in the call. sen. kaine: so you have seen a transcript. mr. sullivan: i have not. but i have not been told that that was -- sen. kaine: you are unaware. mr. sullivan: my recollection is that there was a massive wildfire -- sen. kaine: the...
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the presidents communications with ukraine's president. zelensky said there was no pressure. his words were no one published. a clear reading of the transcript shows there was no quid pro quo in the president's call. the american people should read the transcript. and they do well to do that. the chairman of the intelligence committee manufactured a version of the transcript and read it into the record. we also see the chairman of the committee misrepresented his context with the missile blower -- with the whistleblower and repeated interviews. the american people need to look no further than the plain reading of the transcript. there was no pressure, no quid our focus was entirely on the president's desire to see europe contribute more to ukraine security and sovereignty and to see president zelensky make good on his own election commitment to pass significant corruption reforms in ukraine. we have been pleased with the progress he has made on that front. we are pleased the aid that we provided is continuing to provide security assistance
the presidents communications with ukraine's president. zelensky said there was no pressure. his words were no one published. a clear reading of the transcript shows there was no quid pro quo in the president's call. the american people should read the transcript. and they do well to do that. the chairman of the intelligence committee manufactured a version of the transcript and read it into the record. we also see the chairman of the committee misrepresented his context with the missile blower...
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so i got ukraine. and i remember going over, convincing our team, others to convince that we should be providing for loan guarantees. i went over i guess the 12, 13th time to kiev and i was supposed to announce that there's another $1 billion loan guarantee. i had gotten a commitment from porshenchingo and from yatsen that they would take action against the state prosecutor, and they didn't. so they said they were walking out and said, i'm not going to -- we're not going to give you the billion dollars. they said you have no authority. you're not the president. the president said. i said call him. i said i'm telling you you're not getting the $1 billion. i'm going to be leaving here, i think it was six hours, i'm leaving in six hours. if the prosecutor is not fired you're not getting the money. well, son of a --, he got fired. and they put in place someone who was solid. at the time. well, still so they made some genuine substantial changes institutionly and with people. but one of the three institutio
so i got ukraine. and i remember going over, convincing our team, others to convince that we should be providing for loan guarantees. i went over i guess the 12, 13th time to kiev and i was supposed to announce that there's another $1 billion loan guarantee. i had gotten a commitment from porshenchingo and from yatsen that they would take action against the state prosecutor, and they didn't. so they said they were walking out and said, i'm not going to -- we're not going to give you the billion...
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policy towards ukraine since ukraine's independence has been fairly consistent in pushing ukraine on anti-corruption reform. that's been one of the cornerstones for decades. that's been fairly consistent both under barack obama and under president trump. under the obama administration this was very much carried by his ambassadors who long play add strong role in kiev and working with politicians to try to convey the message of you need to clean up corruption. host: what was then vice president joe biden's role? guest: joe biden was obama's point person in ukraine and he really carried that message for the president. he also oversaw the u.s. response perhaps not the u.s. response but the u.s. messaging when it came to the conflict in eastern ukraine, the annexation of crimea because it was 2014 where you had russia lops off a chunk of ukraine, annexes crimea, and then the war begins. that was the first hot war in the region in an extremely long time, and biden really carried obama's messaging on that in the region. host: was it only the united states that was worried about corruption
policy towards ukraine since ukraine's independence has been fairly consistent in pushing ukraine on anti-corruption reform. that's been one of the cornerstones for decades. that's been fairly consistent both under barack obama and under president trump. under the obama administration this was very much carried by his ambassadors who long play add strong role in kiev and working with politicians to try to convey the message of you need to clean up corruption. host: what was then vice president...
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reporter your top diplomat in : ukraine said you held up military funds because you wanted ukraine to investigate the 2016 election and hunter biden's debt. are you calling him a liar? president trump: here is the problem. he is a never trumper and his lawyer is a never trumper. reporter: why would you hire him? president trump: everybody makes mistakes. mike pompeo, everybody makes mistakes. he is a never trumper, his lawyer is a never trumper, they are a dying breed and they are still there. the other problem, you are with cnn and you are fake news. reporter: [inaudible] president trump: well, the democrats don't have any time to work on anything. they have to do usmca, they have to do guns, they have many things. we want to reduce drug prices even more. we can go so far but we can work on drug prices. the democrats, the do-nothing democrats have no time to do it. reporter: [inaudible] president trump: which one? we have a great republican plan and if we take over the house, which we should, especially because of what they are doing impeachments, i think we will take over the house
reporter your top diplomat in : ukraine said you held up military funds because you wanted ukraine to investigate the 2016 election and hunter biden's debt. are you calling him a liar? president trump: here is the problem. he is a never trumper and his lawyer is a never trumper. reporter: why would you hire him? president trump: everybody makes mistakes. mike pompeo, everybody makes mistakes. he is a never trumper, his lawyer is a never trumper, they are a dying breed and they are still there....
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we stood strong with ukraine. we are standing strong with president zelensky. as the american people would expect, president trump wanted to make sure that ukraine was advancing the reform agenda, reforming and ending corruption. that our allies in europe were doing more. >> [indiscernible] -- the bidens was at least a part of the reason the aid was held up? >> i have never discussed the issue of the bidens with president zelensky. what i can tell you is that all of our discussions internally, when the president and my office with ukraine were focused on the broader issues of european support. >> you are interested in seeing the bidens investigated? [inaudible] >> that is your question. let me be very clear. the issue of aid and our efforts with regard to ukraine were from my experience in no way connected to the very legitimate concern the american people have about corruption that took place, about things that happened in the 2016 election or about the issue that former vice president biden had his son on the board of a major energy company in ukraine at a ti
we stood strong with ukraine. we are standing strong with president zelensky. as the american people would expect, president trump wanted to make sure that ukraine was advancing the reform agenda, reforming and ending corruption. that our allies in europe were doing more. >> [indiscernible] -- the bidens was at least a part of the reason the aid was held up? >> i have never discussed the issue of the bidens with president zelensky. what i can tell you is that all of our discussions...
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and the impact it has had on the president's ukraine policy. tst: catherin -- katherine joining us. she has a story published today you can find at rollcall.com. we will talk about the release on these procedures. your thoughts on it. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. it was hakeem jeffries yesterday talking about these next steps, the role democrats will take. [video clip] where we in a phase are moving from information gathering primarily through depositions into the public truthtation of facts and to the american people and consistent with that process moving forward, it has been determined it is appropriate to willne how the transition take place from the investigation that is ongoing now into the public presentation of witnesses, documents, information, and the truth to the american people. host: that took like -- place yesterday. from st. louis, missouri, democrats line first this morning, your thoughts on the process when it comes to impeachment. what do you think? caller: hello. i am fir
and the impact it has had on the president's ukraine policy. tst: catherin -- katherine joining us. she has a story published today you can find at rollcall.com. we will talk about the release on these procedures. your thoughts on it. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. it was hakeem jeffries yesterday talking about these next steps, the role democrats will take. [video clip] where we in a phase are moving from information gathering primarily...
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the president of ukraine said that call was fine. he said it resembled, he remembered it, it was just like the transcript. the transcript is a perfect transcript. there shouldn't be any further questions. the president of ukraine just made that statement. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. i have a picture with everybody here. summit he said there may be a picture or something at a fundraiser or somewhere. i have pictures with everybody. i don't know if there's anybody i don't have pictures with. i don't know them. i don't know about them or what they do. i don't know. maybe they were clients of rudy. you would have to ask him. i don't know. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: no. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i don't know how you could impeach on a conversation with the president of a country, in this case ukraine, which was a perfect conversation. the president of ukraine just said there was no pressure put on him whatsoever. we had an ab
the president of ukraine said that call was fine. he said it resembled, he remembered it, it was just like the transcript. the transcript is a perfect transcript. there shouldn't be any further questions. the president of ukraine just made that statement. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. i have a picture with everybody here. summit he said there may be a picture or something at a...
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does a lot for ukraine. and more portly after zelensky raises the issue of military right before trump requests he invested biden. the third area is misappropriation. if trump in fact used government funds for his own gain, then there's a very strong argument that there is a theft of taxpayer money or misappropriation. last, conspiracy. if giuliani, bar and other officials were involved in trump's efforts as a complaint alleges, that would raise questions about a potential criminal conspiracy. dix, your response to that? >> my response to that is that everything you've just described really makes the case against trump. and it makes it clearly obvious that these are impeachable offenses. that being the case, i think now is the time for the democrats to bring forth articles of impeachment. it is pre-clear cut as you just described. and then take a vote on them. they will not do it. because once they do it, then the president at his side has the opportunity to respond. right now does is just the democrats. hos
does a lot for ukraine. and more portly after zelensky raises the issue of military right before trump requests he invested biden. the third area is misappropriation. if trump in fact used government funds for his own gain, then there's a very strong argument that there is a theft of taxpayer money or misappropriation. last, conspiracy. if giuliani, bar and other officials were involved in trump's efforts as a complaint alleges, that would raise questions about a potential criminal conspiracy....
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ukraine right now is under attack from russian-backed separatists. ukraine is a friend. russia is a foe. ukraine is a democracy. russia is a dictatorship. the united states may be the only thing standing between vladimir putin and ukraine being completely overrun by russia as part of his sanity to the glory -- fantasy to reconstruct the glory days of the soviet union. in that context, congress allocated the $391 million in a bipartisan fashion. in february, the administration, they wrote to congress and said the aid is on the way. but it never showed up. and then in may, the trump department of defense wrote to congress again and said the aid is on the way. and in that letter said, all necessary pre-conditions have been met by the new ukranian government, including the implementation of anti-corruption protocols. that was in the letter that was sent by trump's department of defense in may. and yet the aid never showed up. twice during the summer, mitch mcconnell called up the trump administration and said where's the aid? mitch mcconnell couldn't get a good answer. and t
ukraine right now is under attack from russian-backed separatists. ukraine is a friend. russia is a foe. ukraine is a democracy. russia is a dictatorship. the united states may be the only thing standing between vladimir putin and ukraine being completely overrun by russia as part of his sanity to the glory -- fantasy to reconstruct the glory days of the soviet union. in that context, congress allocated the $391 million in a bipartisan fashion. in february, the administration, they wrote to...
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what did i do to ukraine? i did nothing. reporter: did you do anything to pressure ukraine to investigate the biden? mr. mulvaney: no. what's the second question. reporter: the second question is about the meeting here at the white house between the presidents. could you walk us through the discussions for that meeting? what was on the table for a precondition and was the investigation of buries my ever brought up as a condition? condition? mr. mulvaney: not to me and not to anybody i know of. i was never in a conversation that had that word in it. therter: investigating findings, then? or the bidens. that never happened with me in there. to the larger point about the meeting, i think one of the things you mentioned, the president didn't want to take the meeting. he didn't want the white house. rick perry was pushing for -- reporter: it was here at the white house. mr. mulvaney: at the end. i think it was a courtesy he was extending at the time. reporter: he was never realistically entertaining a meeting with president zelen
what did i do to ukraine? i did nothing. reporter: did you do anything to pressure ukraine to investigate the biden? mr. mulvaney: no. what's the second question. reporter: the second question is about the meeting here at the white house between the presidents. could you walk us through the discussions for that meeting? what was on the table for a precondition and was the investigation of buries my ever brought up as a condition? condition? mr. mulvaney: not to me and not to anybody i know of....
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the president of ukraine said that call was fine. he said it resembled, he remembered it, it was just like the transcript. the transcript is a perfect transcript. there shouldn't be any further questions. the president of ukraine just made that statement. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. i have a picture with everybody here. summit he said there may be a picture or something at a fundraiser or somewhere. i have pictures with everybody. i don't know if there's anybody i don't have pictures with. i don't know them. i don't know about them or what they do. i don't know. maybe they were clients of rudy. you would have to ask him. i don't know. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: no. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i don't know how you could impeach on a conversation with the president of a country, in this case ukraine, which was a perfect conversation. the president of ukraine just said there was no pressure put on him whatsoever. we had an ab
the president of ukraine said that call was fine. he said it resembled, he remembered it, it was just like the transcript. the transcript is a perfect transcript. there shouldn't be any further questions. the president of ukraine just made that statement. >> [inaudible] pres. trump: i don't know those gentlemen. it's possible i have a picture with them because i have a picture with everybody. i have a picture with everybody here. summit he said there may be a picture or something at a...
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you have the president of the ukraine saying there is no quid pro quo. you tried an impeachment inquiry vote and you failed. and now you're creating a process in the intel committee that i think is star chamber like. >> how does a vote on something like this not taint the jury pool? >> if you think impeachment is a nonpolitical event, you are wrong. there are court hearings in south carolina. let me tell you about the first one i ever had. i represented a guy for speeding. the magistrate was the highway officer's uncle. that did not go well. what i'm trying to say is at the end of the day, the senate should be lifting the house no that if you are going to continue this process and it results in articles of impeachment, i considered to be out of bounds. there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. this is one third legal and two-part politics. i am trying to tell republicans that it is ok for the republican party to insist that donald trump be treated fairly. a lot of senators will tell you, i don't want to comment on substance. but i am hoping
you have the president of the ukraine saying there is no quid pro quo. you tried an impeachment inquiry vote and you failed. and now you're creating a process in the intel committee that i think is star chamber like. >> how does a vote on something like this not taint the jury pool? >> if you think impeachment is a nonpolitical event, you are wrong. there are court hearings in south carolina. let me tell you about the first one i ever had. i represented a guy for speeding. the...
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ukraine is a friend. russia is a foe. ukraine is a democracy. russia is a dictatorship. the united states is the only thing standing, perhaps, between vladimir putin and russia completely overrunning ukraine as part of his fantasy to re-create the golden era, in his view, of the soviet union. that is the stakes. that's why congress, in a bipartisan way, allocated $391 million to ukraine, because it is in the national security interests of the united states of america. in february of this year, the administration wrote the congress and said, the aid is on the way. but it never arrived. and then in may, the department of defense wrote the congress again and said the aid is on the way and all necessary preconditions have been met by the new ukrainian government, including the implementation of anti-corruption protocols. that was the conclusion of the trump department of defense. yet the aid never arrived. twice during the summer, mitch mcconnell called the administration and asked, what happened to the $391 million allocated by congress to ukraine on a bipartisan basis? acc
ukraine is a friend. russia is a foe. ukraine is a democracy. russia is a dictatorship. the united states is the only thing standing, perhaps, between vladimir putin and russia completely overrunning ukraine as part of his fantasy to re-create the golden era, in his view, of the soviet union. that is the stakes. that's why congress, in a bipartisan way, allocated $391 million to ukraine, because it is in the national security interests of the united states of america. in february of this year,...
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ukraine makes no reference to a hold on aid or quid pro quo. by the way, yeah what else ambassador volker testified to. the aid was getting released. it was going to get released. guess what happened. the aid got released. there was no new investigation that had to be created. this whole thing is a fairytale. adam schiff is misleading you and you are playing along with it. many of you are aware that the american public is being deceived. what adam schiff said that president trump was asking president zelensky to manufacture dirt on the bidens, volker testified that was absolutely untrue. that is what we call an inconvenient fact for the narrative. adam schiff has been saying he had no contact with the whistleblower. he would like to but he did not have contact. he lied. you know what else he lied about? when he gave his opening statement before the acting director of national intelligence as to what was what the transcribed interview said. going back to ambassador volker's interview in the process, we were here ready to do our part. if anyone i
ukraine makes no reference to a hold on aid or quid pro quo. by the way, yeah what else ambassador volker testified to. the aid was getting released. it was going to get released. guess what happened. the aid got released. there was no new investigation that had to be created. this whole thing is a fairytale. adam schiff is misleading you and you are playing along with it. many of you are aware that the american public is being deceived. what adam schiff said that president trump was asking...
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ukraine is a friend. foe.a is a ukraine is a democracy. dictatorship. the united states is the only betweenanding, perhaps, vladimir putin and russia overrunning ukraine fantasy to is era, in hishe golden union.f the soviet that is the stakes. that's why congress, in a ipartisan way, allocated $391 million to ukraine, because it is in the national security united states e of america. year, the of this administration wrote the ongress and said, the aid is the way. but it never arrived. and then in may, the department the congress te again and said the aid is on the ay and all necessary preconditions have been met by the new ukrainian government, the implementation of protocols.tion the was the conclusion of trump department of defense. yet, the aid never arrived. wice during the summer, mitch mcconnell called the what stration and asked, happened to the $391 million allocated by congress to ukraine basis?partisan according to the information domain, the public majority leader mitch mcconnell answer from a good the administration as to what aid.ned to the
ukraine is a friend. foe.a is a ukraine is a democracy. dictatorship. the united states is the only betweenanding, perhaps, vladimir putin and russia overrunning ukraine fantasy to is era, in hishe golden union.f the soviet that is the stakes. that's why congress, in a ipartisan way, allocated $391 million to ukraine, because it is in the national security united states e of america. year, the of this administration wrote the ongress and said, the aid is the way. but it never arrived. and then...
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ulvaney, aid withheld to press ukraine. he doesn't say what it was for but you don't think president zelensky had any doubt, i would like you to do a favor. now the whip, madam speaker, has not answered my question whether he thinks it's appropriate for a president to ask a foreign leader for help whether the 2016 or 2020 elections. he talks about hunter biden and joe biden all the time, it could not be an unreasonable conclusion that that is what he was talking about. let me ask mr. scalise: would the gentleman yield on that accusation you just threw out. mr. hoyer: collusion, by the way is not a crime. however, mr. mueller did find that there was reason to believe that there was obstruction of justice which is a crime. he said however that under justice department rulings, he could not indict the sitting president so he referred it to us. is not a special prosecutor as mr. schiff pointed out. the special prosecutor precluded the two most recent impeachment proceedings, by the way, did their work in secret. did their work
ulvaney, aid withheld to press ukraine. he doesn't say what it was for but you don't think president zelensky had any doubt, i would like you to do a favor. now the whip, madam speaker, has not answered my question whether he thinks it's appropriate for a president to ask a foreign leader for help whether the 2016 or 2020 elections. he talks about hunter biden and joe biden all the time, it could not be an unreasonable conclusion that that is what he was talking about. let me ask mr. scalise:...
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and everybody gives him a pass and going back to the ukraine, russia invaded ukraine under the obama administration and all this rotten stuff and all these crooks and all this spying, obama was president. everybody gave him a pass. he could do no wrong because everybody was scared to death of being called a racist. the democrats, like adam schiff, when he read into the record between trump and the ukraine, every single word he said was alive. there was not anything adam schiff said was actually in the phone call and they keep getting by with it. i just bailed out of the stock market two weeks ago because i think the socialist democrats are going to get by with treasonous activities and i think they are going to be able to overflow the election. what do you think? host: 202-748-8000 that is dave in south carolina -- south dakota. the opinion of jeff flake in the washington post. fellow republicans, there is time to save your souls. if the house decides against filing articles of impeachment, senate republicans will have to decide given what we now know to support his reelection. he sa
and everybody gives him a pass and going back to the ukraine, russia invaded ukraine under the obama administration and all this rotten stuff and all these crooks and all this spying, obama was president. everybody gave him a pass. he could do no wrong because everybody was scared to death of being called a racist. the democrats, like adam schiff, when he read into the record between trump and the ukraine, every single word he said was alive. there was not anything adam schiff said was actually...
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are you suggesting there needs to be a special counsel for ukraine? reporter: [indiscernible] -- would you support a special counsel? sen. graham: i have been trying to get a special counsel to look at all things 2016 from our side. mueller gave the trump campaign a pretty good -- reporter: this is not about 2016. sen. graham: it is to me. here's the process. why did i support mueller? to me there was a conflict at the justice department. why did i introduce legislation that you can only fire mueller for cause? because i thought it was important for the country for somebody outside politics to look at this. i think somebody outside politics should look at the things that i'm concerned about in 2016. you may not be, but i think the fisa warrant application could be considered a fraud on the court. we will see from horowitz. i am not a prosecutor. when it comes to whether or not somebody other than the house should look at ukraine, i want to look at all things. reporter: senator graham, senator graham. reporter: senator, you said a secret, illegitimate
are you suggesting there needs to be a special counsel for ukraine? reporter: [indiscernible] -- would you support a special counsel? sen. graham: i have been trying to get a special counsel to look at all things 2016 from our side. mueller gave the trump campaign a pretty good -- reporter: this is not about 2016. sen. graham: it is to me. here's the process. why did i support mueller? to me there was a conflict at the justice department. why did i introduce legislation that you can only fire...
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one at a $68,000 a month from ukraine. a $3 milliony payment from ukraine. have i asked? no. i cannot imagine that someone is not asking. reporter: [indiscernible] do you have a legal strategy? pres. trump: the whole thing they are doing is a hoax to win an election they will not win in 2020. you look at the phone conversation i had with the president of ukraine, it was perfect. the only thing that was not perfect was a fraud committed on the american people in congress when congressman schiff got up and he lied and defrauded the american people by making up the conversation. let me just tell you that the whole ukraine story is a hoax. and yesterday, i know you don't like to report it, but i might as well say it -- the president of ukraine said loud and clear that the conversation was absolutely a perfect conversation. there was no problem with it whatsoever. [indiscernible] what?trump: reporter: what is the red line that turkey should not cross? pres. trump: we will see. we have a very good relationship with turkey. they are a nato partner. of trade with turkey. we don't wan
one at a $68,000 a month from ukraine. a $3 milliony payment from ukraine. have i asked? no. i cannot imagine that someone is not asking. reporter: [indiscernible] do you have a legal strategy? pres. trump: the whole thing they are doing is a hoax to win an election they will not win in 2020. you look at the phone conversation i had with the president of ukraine, it was perfect. the only thing that was not perfect was a fraud committed on the american people in congress when congressman schiff...
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they weren't helping ukraine. that's still to this day. the president didn't like that i know that's a long answer to your question, but i'm still going. that was -- those were the driving factor, he also mentioned to me the corruption related to the d.n.c. server, absolutely no question about that. but that's it. that's why we held up the money. reporter: so the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason he wanted to withhold funding to ukraine? mr. mulvaney: the look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing he was worried about in corruption with that nation. that is absolutely appropriate. which ultimately then flowed. by the way there was a report we were wereried the money, if we didn't pay out the money it would be illegal. it would be unlawful. that is one of those things that has a little shred of truth in it that makes it look worse than it is. we were concerned about, over at o.m.b. about an impoundment. i know i put half of you folks to bed. the budget control act, budget control i
they weren't helping ukraine. that's still to this day. the president didn't like that i know that's a long answer to your question, but i'm still going. that was -- those were the driving factor, he also mentioned to me the corruption related to the d.n.c. server, absolutely no question about that. but that's it. that's why we held up the money. reporter: so the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason he wanted to withhold funding to ukraine? mr. mulvaney: the...
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ukraine, likese any country, can investigate whatever they want to investigate. whether or not they are particularly competent i could not say. the issue with respect to mr. trump is what he has done to request -- and really to extort -- at least a supposedly investigate, limited to a fellow who is apt to be -- or is likely to be -- one of his opponents in the upcoming election. that is the illegitimate part. it is not whether ukraine is good or bad at investigating anything, it is whether any president should be seeking a foreign country focused on investigating his potential political opponents. host: alabama on our line for independents, good morning. caller: good morning. i want to thank you for the two guests you had this morning. very informative. are they democrats or republicans or independents? it is interesting to hear what they had to say. independent since john anderson's days and it disappointed me that many of the people who are asking the question why are they doing the investigation and why all of this needs to happen, we need the impeachment proc
ukraine, likese any country, can investigate whatever they want to investigate. whether or not they are particularly competent i could not say. the issue with respect to mr. trump is what he has done to request -- and really to extort -- at least a supposedly investigate, limited to a fellow who is apt to be -- or is likely to be -- one of his opponents in the upcoming election. that is the illegitimate part. it is not whether ukraine is good or bad at investigating anything, it is whether any...
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ambassador to ukraine. this story from the wall street journal that president trump ousted the envoy amid criticism. the president ordered the removal of the ambassador after months of complaints from allies outside the administration, including rudy giuliani, that she was undermining him abroad and obstructing efforts to persuade kiev to investigate former vice president joe biden. they write she could not be reached for comment. she is set to testify before the house committee -- before house lawmakers october 11 as part of the impeachment inquiry. people close to her disputed she did anything wrong, "she was doing everything by the book." her recall from kiev, her relations with senior officials were fraught. she often criticized the prosecutor general for the poor anticorruption record. we go to lloyd on the independent line. caller: good morning. i think it is time the american people wake up. our man, we are outsourcing sovereignty. we think something is wrong with one of our citizens, we investigate
ambassador to ukraine. this story from the wall street journal that president trump ousted the envoy amid criticism. the president ordered the removal of the ambassador after months of complaints from allies outside the administration, including rudy giuliani, that she was undermining him abroad and obstructing efforts to persuade kiev to investigate former vice president joe biden. they write she could not be reached for comment. she is set to testify before the house committee -- before house...
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and i want to underscore just how important that meeting was for ukraine. it is, i think, at the very top ask of most countries to have a meeting with the president of the united states. but this is most particularly true for a country that's been invaded by its neighbor, russia. that is in the midst of still a very hot conflict, that is dependent on us economically, politically, diplomatically, militarily. to show that the new president had a good relationship with the president of the united states. and so that gave enormous leverage to president trump to coerce what he wanted from the president of ukraine. what is so damaging about this is, at the very time the state department is trying to urge ukraine to follow the rule of law, you have the president of the united states urging that president to engage in political investigations. you could not have a message more contradictory to that of the state department than that what we saw in that call. so we've been bringing witnesses in at quite a furious pace. that pace is only accelerating. we have a very b
and i want to underscore just how important that meeting was for ukraine. it is, i think, at the very top ask of most countries to have a meeting with the president of the united states. but this is most particularly true for a country that's been invaded by its neighbor, russia. that is in the midst of still a very hot conflict, that is dependent on us economically, politically, diplomatically, militarily. to show that the new president had a good relationship with the president of the united...
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ukraine. he says, yeah, we will be looking into that, indicating that his foreign policy with russia and the ukraine is not the same as has been foreign policy of the united states. the second event that goes on in the summer is everybody heard about the trump tower meeting with the russian intermediary. we have forgotten that at the republican convention, two its -- two weeks before the convection -- convention, they wrote a platform. usually these platform meetings, you can see very clearly where the presidential candidate is having their impact. the campaign has no interest, no interest in any of the pieces of the republican platform, they get to write a traditional republican platform with u.s. policy toward russia, that was the only one. this is hidden in plain sight. we go to the transition and sure enough, the national security advisor has an illegal meeting with the russian ambassador which eventually cost him his job. he is only in the job for a month. he fires comey and the next day,
ukraine. he says, yeah, we will be looking into that, indicating that his foreign policy with russia and the ukraine is not the same as has been foreign policy of the united states. the second event that goes on in the summer is everybody heard about the trump tower meeting with the russian intermediary. we have forgotten that at the republican convention, two its -- two weeks before the convection -- convention, they wrote a platform. usually these platform meetings, you can see very clearly...
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we are now finding out that his own staff had traveled to ukraine during august. any other member of congress would come down to the well and apologize. but this is even a more difficult situation. e's now entrusted to carry something out where nobody else can read. members of the judiciary committee have come down and tried to see the interviews, one, they're allowed in the room. two, they're not even able to see the transcripts and we're supposed to be voting on something? for an idea that adam schiff is going compile the information about an impeachment when he has knowingly lied to us so many times, that's one problem. but i think what is appropriate, based upon how many times he has lied to us, to the american public, he should be censured. and i think that's a question for every single member of congress. how can you trust an individual who misled us on a transcript, that had the speaker only waited 48 hours, we'd never be where we are today. misled us about what he said he knew beyond circumstantial evidence, spent millions of dollars and took america throu
we are now finding out that his own staff had traveled to ukraine during august. any other member of congress would come down to the well and apologize. but this is even a more difficult situation. e's now entrusted to carry something out where nobody else can read. members of the judiciary committee have come down and tried to see the interviews, one, they're allowed in the room. two, they're not even able to see the transcripts and we're supposed to be voting on something? for an idea that...
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i'm talking to the president of ukraine. you will hear from our ambassadors and some of the folks that know about the call. why the call was set up and every thing else. it is perfect. lindsey graham said i did not know -- there was no quid pro quo. before they said -- the only reason i put that out and i did it with the approval of ukraine, otherwise i could not have done it, was the whistleblower was so dishonest. the whistleblower said terrible things about the call, but he then -- it was second and third hand. he did not know what was on the call. these are bad people. these are dishonest people. when the american people -- it will be a great day. we have to go back to building our country. 99% of nancy pelosi's time is spent on this. she should worry about lowering, the price of drugs which i have done. it is hard to do without the help of congress. border security. we have hundreds of miles of wall under construction on the southern border. she should worry about infrastructure. she should worry about the usmca. she is
i'm talking to the president of ukraine. you will hear from our ambassadors and some of the folks that know about the call. why the call was set up and every thing else. it is perfect. lindsey graham said i did not know -- there was no quid pro quo. before they said -- the only reason i put that out and i did it with the approval of ukraine, otherwise i could not have done it, was the whistleblower was so dishonest. the whistleblower said terrible things about the call, but he then -- it was...
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taking down the threat that russia poses in ukraine. it isit was about helping the andinians to get graft out corruption out of their government, and to help this new government in ukraine build a successful, thriving economy. it is what state department officials i've had the privilege to lead have been engaged in and what we will continue to do, even while all this noise is going on. host: what do you think of the secretary's legal standing in terms of this issue? guest: his letter to congress said he would not let people appear because congress was bullying them. witnesses who are demanded to testify in front of congress and the grand jury's. -- juries. branch has a way of stopping congressional inquiries. his assertion of executive privilege. he did not do that. he just said i don't want to play. 'gain,'congress '-- congress authority is weak. stop volker in the former ambassador who are agreeing to appear anyway and he can't stop them. host: robert on the democrats line. thank you for waiting. is what if question donald trump is th
taking down the threat that russia poses in ukraine. it isit was about helping the andinians to get graft out corruption out of their government, and to help this new government in ukraine build a successful, thriving economy. it is what state department officials i've had the privilege to lead have been engaged in and what we will continue to do, even while all this noise is going on. host: what do you think of the secretary's legal standing in terms of this issue? guest: his letter to...
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we will just say it about ukraine. can you name one thing that the democrats have done to make this country safer, more secure, more prosperous? all they've done for the last three years is hate on donald trump. i don't think that is a platform to win elections. >> let me go to you, james. you were making the point to me earlier that you were right in the mix of now two impeachments. what do you see as the parallels from the late 1990's and what's one thing we can learn? mr. carville: i think this is a historic thing because i was very vocal and very involved in what impeachment and sean is very vocal and very involved in the other. what's going to happen is they are going to impeach him. that's going to happen. as i recall, going back to when lockhart was here earlier, we actually had a strategy. our strategy was portray the prosecutor as tape receipt -- as a prissy, partisan, pompous prosecutor, and, of course, he played right into it. i had more fun slapping ken starr around than most anything i've ever done in my l
we will just say it about ukraine. can you name one thing that the democrats have done to make this country safer, more secure, more prosperous? all they've done for the last three years is hate on donald trump. i don't think that is a platform to win elections. >> let me go to you, james. you were making the point to me earlier that you were right in the mix of now two impeachments. what do you see as the parallels from the late 1990's and what's one thing we can learn? mr. carville: i...
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of ukraine. we don't quite remember that when we think about a domestic scandal here. the united states and europe are so important to ukraine because putin literally invaded ukraine in 2014 and annexed crimea. literal invasion of the country, that is why they are so dependent on the west, europe and the united states. the idea that the president would use that crucial assistance, ukraine needs to protect itself from russia as part of a scheme to help the president's reelection really is a crucial national security issue. i think that is something that is different and has made it move fast because it is a national security issue. e.j.: thank you. i will go one more round and i apologize to margaret. you happened to have your name begin with a t. we have two h's. i'm just going to go all the way down a second time on what i think are two crucial and interrelated questions which are in a sense how fast and how far? i will go with the how far first. we were talking about the event about how article
of ukraine. we don't quite remember that when we think about a domestic scandal here. the united states and europe are so important to ukraine because putin literally invaded ukraine in 2014 and annexed crimea. literal invasion of the country, that is why they are so dependent on the west, europe and the united states. the idea that the president would use that crucial assistance, ukraine needs to protect itself from russia as part of a scheme to help the president's reelection really is a...
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and to bill the ukraine that would be a viable ukraine. so i'm quite confident that the american people can see through this. you look at the recent polling on impeachment. the american people are starting to see the light. this is a president whose norstar is himself. -- use north star is himself. everything he does is about himself. he's putting his own self interest i had of our national security interests, ahead of our best interests. that is wrong and i think people are saying it. jaqueline: do you think about a campaign has been too slow to combat the disinformation going round about the ukraine? and they need to take a more aggressive stance? tom: i think the biting campaign has been very forceful. the vice president has spoken clearly peered he spoke the other day clearly about the need to impeach this president. and i'm confident he said that with soberness because he understands the seriousness of an allegation or a call for impeachment. this effort by the trump folks, their whole modus operandi is to distort and distract. the di
and to bill the ukraine that would be a viable ukraine. so i'm quite confident that the american people can see through this. you look at the recent polling on impeachment. the american people are starting to see the light. this is a president whose norstar is himself. -- use north star is himself. everything he does is about himself. he's putting his own self interest i had of our national security interests, ahead of our best interests. that is wrong and i think people are saying it....
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we will just say it about ukraine. can you name one thing that the democrats have done to make this country safer, more secure, more ?rosperous all they've done for the last three years is hate on donald trump. i don't think that is a platform to win elections. >> let me go to you, james. you were making the point to me earlier that you were right in the mix of now two impeachments. what do you see as the parallels from the late 1990's and what's one thing we can learn? mr. carville: i think this is a historic thing because i was very vocal and very involved in what impeachment and sean is very vocal and very involved in the other. what's going to happen is they are going to impeach him. that's going to happen. as i recall, going back to when lockhart was here earlier, we actually had a strategy. our strategy was portray the prosecutor as tape receipt -- as pompous, partisan, prosecutor, and, of course, he played right into it. i had more fun slapping ken starr around than most anything i've ever done in my life. the s
we will just say it about ukraine. can you name one thing that the democrats have done to make this country safer, more secure, more ?rosperous all they've done for the last three years is hate on donald trump. i don't think that is a platform to win elections. >> let me go to you, james. you were making the point to me earlier that you were right in the mix of now two impeachments. what do you see as the parallels from the late 1990's and what's one thing we can learn? mr. carville: i...
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margaret: the ukraine story keeps evolving. do you think it is primarily about the president trying to pursue an investigation of the values now or do you think it is -- the bidens now, or do you think it is more about rudy giuliani and business deals? where do you see things going? fmr. amb. rice: these are not mutually exclusive. it's certainly about the president of the united states trying to elicit, and indeed, extort false information from the government of ukraine that the president can use against joe biden or try to use against joe biden. there is no question that is the case. it also appears there are some shady business dealings going on on the side involving giuliani, some of his associates. now we see the campaign financing seems to be another angle. we need to learn more about what rick perry was up to. it's quite conceivable and looking increasingly probable that this is a multifaceted emerging scandal. margaret: the president has maintained that this is much ado about nothing and he is against corruption. do you
margaret: the ukraine story keeps evolving. do you think it is primarily about the president trying to pursue an investigation of the values now or do you think it is -- the bidens now, or do you think it is more about rudy giuliani and business deals? where do you see things going? fmr. amb. rice: these are not mutually exclusive. it's certainly about the president of the united states trying to elicit, and indeed, extort false information from the government of ukraine that the president can...
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his responses, can we talk about the server of ukraine. it could be the president is changing topics, or it could be the president of ukraine asks for x in the president says if you give me y, i will think about it. people need to focus on if it was a quid pro quo. it does not need to be, but that is the ongoing debate. if there is a conviction there needs to be a suggestion of what was in play. caller: the house investing -- host: the house investigators giuliani.naing rudy what sort of records innocent -- in this investigation would this committee seek to find. guest: if they are looking for anything into the substance of the allegation, the claim that the president was in an priateriate -- an unappro exchange of value, if there is it would be impeachable. because the president brought rudy giuliani into the conversation during the transcript, it is not surprising that the investigators want to know what he was doing. stu giuliani has been on tv public about his role in ukraine and what he was doing. so the question is does he have any w
his responses, can we talk about the server of ukraine. it could be the president is changing topics, or it could be the president of ukraine asks for x in the president says if you give me y, i will think about it. people need to focus on if it was a quid pro quo. it does not need to be, but that is the ongoing debate. if there is a conviction there needs to be a suggestion of what was in play. caller: the house investing -- host: the house investigators giuliani.naing rudy what sort of...
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are you suggesting there needs o be a special counsel for ukraine? i have been trying to get a special counsel to look at all side. 2016 from our mueller gave the trump campaign good -- reporter: this is not about 2016. senator graham: it is to me. here's the process. why did i support mueller? me there was a conflict at the justice department. hy did i introduce legislation that you can only fire mueller because? because i thought it was country for the somebody outside politics to look at this. think somebody outside politics should look at the things that i'm concerned about in 2016. ou may not be, but i think the fizza -- fisa could be something. i am not a prosecutor. whether or not somebody other than the house ukraine, i want to look at all things. you ter: sir -- senator, said a secret, illegitimate process -- senator graham: that's my view. to ther: what do you say argument that 47 of your republican house colleagues who serve on these committees, they to be in there, it's not secret, it's bipartisan. if tor graham: i would say we pulled thi
are you suggesting there needs o be a special counsel for ukraine? i have been trying to get a special counsel to look at all side. 2016 from our mueller gave the trump campaign good -- reporter: this is not about 2016. senator graham: it is to me. here's the process. why did i support mueller? me there was a conflict at the justice department. hy did i introduce legislation that you can only fire mueller because? because i thought it was country for the somebody outside politics to look at...