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it was all out of ukraine. so that's what the president in that debunked theory that we had tom bossert say there was no truth to that. others around him constantly telling the president, there's no truth to this. the one person that was promoting it obviously our emissary to ukraine unbeknownst to us, rudy giuliani. >> those may be two different things though. investigating ukraine's role in the russian investigation may be conspirator i can't tell and tinfoil hat, but having them investigate your political opponent is a different level. there is evidence in these text messages that that part was a requirement to meet donald trump -- >> to get military aid. >> to get military aid or a meeting. to get anything. to get something. and rudy giuliani according to volker's testimony, we understand, yesterday wasn't satisfied until the ukrainians wrote down or spoke out loud were investigating baresma which is biden. >> it makes a difference legally as well. everyone's been saying it. i will say it here. you do not n
it was all out of ukraine. so that's what the president in that debunked theory that we had tom bossert say there was no truth to that. others around him constantly telling the president, there's no truth to this. the one person that was promoting it obviously our emissary to ukraine unbeknownst to us, rudy giuliani. >> those may be two different things though. investigating ukraine's role in the russian investigation may be conspirator i can't tell and tinfoil hat, but having them...
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ukraine investigation. did the president pressure ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent? this as the state department seems to be in something of turmoil here, internal conflict over this. joining me now cnn national security reporter kylie atwood. good to have you on this morning. volker facing those questions now. do we know what story he's going to tell here? >> reporter: we don't exactly know what story he's going to tell, but according to those who are close to him, i've had a bunch of those conversations. and over the past few weeks they kind of described what he thought he was doing when he connected giuliani with that zelensky aide, he wanted to table the issue. give the political issues to giuliani so that he could continue to do his work. so i assume that that is something that he is going to be explaining to the committee today. but we also know, however, that giuliani was showing off text messages between he and kurt volker on fox news last week and the state department never really cam
ukraine investigation. did the president pressure ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent? this as the state department seems to be in something of turmoil here, internal conflict over this. joining me now cnn national security reporter kylie atwood. good to have you on this morning. volker facing those questions now. do we know what story he's going to tell here? >> reporter: we don't exactly know what story he's going to tell, but according to those who are close to him, i've had...
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and making sure that the president of ukraine was doing that as well. and joe biden somehow and hunter biden were the, you know, the exemplars of that according to the president. but from this ambassador, it was very clear she had an entire program in place of anti-corruption. i mean that seemed to be a major focus of legitimate u.s. foreign policy, and the president removed the person who was doing that. >> exactly. and the president has been using this word "corruption," but the only corruption that he's ever shown any interest in is joe biden's family. you know, of course it remains to be seen -- but the president says, i wanted corruption investigated. he didn't want corruption investigated. he wanted biden investigated, and that was the source, it appears, of a conflict with the ambassador. and that's why she got fired. >> yeah. jeff toobin, david gergen, maggie haberman, thank you very much. you need your whole hand to count how many court cases the president and his administration lost today. the latest rulings and what they mean for president tr
and making sure that the president of ukraine was doing that as well. and joe biden somehow and hunter biden were the, you know, the exemplars of that according to the president. but from this ambassador, it was very clear she had an entire program in place of anti-corruption. i mean that seemed to be a major focus of legitimate u.s. foreign policy, and the president removed the person who was doing that. >> exactly. and the president has been using this word "corruption," but...
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let's talk about the ukraine scandal, the impeachment probe and more. joining us the former top lawyer at the fbi jim baker now a cnn legal analyst. jim, thanks very much for coming in. do you think that mulvaney's attempt to do some clean-up changes potentially the president's vulnerability in all of this? >> i think the key word that you just said a second ago was "mess." this is a big mess that mulvaney pead last week and i think the efforts over the weekend to try to clean it up didn't work and people are responding to that and the president didn't seem to be supportive of him today at the cabinet meeting, we're left to guess what that means. but this is stressing because the chief of staff is such a critical role and for that person not to have the complete trust and confidence of the president and the rest of the country and congress is really significant for all of us. >> and for the president not to say anything is -- >> it is shocking really. >> when asked by reporters today over at the cabinet meeting about mick mulvaney, that says something.
let's talk about the ukraine scandal, the impeachment probe and more. joining us the former top lawyer at the fbi jim baker now a cnn legal analyst. jim, thanks very much for coming in. do you think that mulvaney's attempt to do some clean-up changes potentially the president's vulnerability in all of this? >> i think the key word that you just said a second ago was "mess." this is a big mess that mulvaney pead last week and i think the efforts over the weekend to try to clean...
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his job at director of ukraine was to advance ukraine. this was part of his work, part of the responsibility, and the key question i'm left with is what happened to those concerns with the nsc legal directorate. they said the report to john bolton and to white house counsel, and i imagine something investigators will be looking further into. >> let me get your thoughts, you know, sarah, on a different issue. jared kushner gave an interview in israel on israeli tv, responding to joe biden's "60 minutes" interview. listen to what jared kushner said about biden. >> a lot of the work that the president has had me doing over the last three years has actually been cleaning up the messes that vice president biden left behind. look, he has his opinion. i think that president trump's entitled to pick his team and, you know, we've worked with him for a long time. i think we've done a good job of trying to help him be successful. >> biden had said on "60 minutes," if you remember, sarah it was improper for jared kushner or his wife ivanka to work in
his job at director of ukraine was to advance ukraine. this was part of his work, part of the responsibility, and the key question i'm left with is what happened to those concerns with the nsc legal directorate. they said the report to john bolton and to white house counsel, and i imagine something investigators will be looking further into. >> let me get your thoughts, you know, sarah, on a different issue. jared kushner gave an interview in israel on israeli tv, responding to joe...
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embassy in ukraine right now? >> one of the major frustrations at the white house they haven't gotten a full read what every single person is saying because they're concerned what some of these administration current and former are saying and what the house democratic investigators are doing, slowly piecing together a picture of exactly what happened when this aid from the moment the aid was withheld until the moment it was released and what all of the reasons were around that. what we've seen so far, largely from the career folks on the state department side and the embassy and ukraine what we still don't have exactly is the picture of what did the president tell his chief of staff mick mulvaney directly or tell rudy giuliani when they met as they frequently do at the white house and the residence of the white house? those are the pictures that the elements of the picture we don't yet have. the question is whether or not democrats will need that or not to proceed. certainly this white house wants to have a better
embassy in ukraine right now? >> one of the major frustrations at the white house they haven't gotten a full read what every single person is saying because they're concerned what some of these administration current and former are saying and what the house democratic investigators are doing, slowly piecing together a picture of exactly what happened when this aid from the moment the aid was withheld until the moment it was released and what all of the reasons were around that. what we've...
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ukraine testimony. president trump's former top russia adviser appears behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry starting a week of expected testimony by key administration officials. what are lawmakers hearing today about rudy giuliani's efforts in ukraine? >> grave concern. president trump now promising sanctions against turkey for its attacks in northern syria. after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell rebukes the president's decision to draw forces from the region. is the president now reconsidering? >> tight race. a new poll shows joe biden and elizabeth warren in a close battle for the democratic presidential nomination on this, the eve of cnn's next presidential debate. will biden's new ethics offensive against president trump give him an edge? >> and deadly collapse. an urgent search for a worker believed to be trapped in the rubble of a hotel construction site that collapsed. killing two people in new orleans. but the building remains dangerously unstable tonight, making the rescue oper
ukraine testimony. president trump's former top russia adviser appears behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry starting a week of expected testimony by key administration officials. what are lawmakers hearing today about rudy giuliani's efforts in ukraine? >> grave concern. president trump now promising sanctions against turkey for its attacks in northern syria. after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell rebukes the president's decision to draw forces from the region. is the...
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it turns out that this president had his campaign manager directing policy on ukraine. let's get after it. >> sources say the united states president directed his secretary of state of energy, rick perry, and two top state department officials to go to jewel yeenl f -- giuliani's blessing for the meeting, quote, if they
it turns out that this president had his campaign manager directing policy on ukraine. let's get after it. >> sources say the united states president directed his secretary of state of energy, rick perry, and two top state department officials to go to jewel yeenl f -- giuliani's blessing for the meeting, quote, if they
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ambassador to ukraine. this hearing comes as former chief of staff john kelly claims that before he left the white house, he warned president trump that he would be impeached. kelly telling "the washington examiner," quote, someone has got to be a guide that tells the president that you either have the authority or you don't, or mr. president, don't do it. don't hire someone that will just nod and say, that's a great idea, mr. president, because you will be impeached. i feel bad that i left. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood is live at the white house for us. kelly says he warned president trump months ago that he'd be impeached. we now have this impeachment inquiry in overdrive, even conducting hearings on the weekend. does the white house have a strategy yet? >> reporter: ana, president trump remains defiant about the seriousness of the impeachment inquiry, even telling reporters yesterday that he's his own impeachment team. this as republicans on capitol hill and allies have been complaining about
ambassador to ukraine. this hearing comes as former chief of staff john kelly claims that before he left the white house, he warned president trump that he would be impeached. kelly telling "the washington examiner," quote, someone has got to be a guide that tells the president that you either have the authority or you don't, or mr. president, don't do it. don't hire someone that will just nod and say, that's a great idea, mr. president, because you will be impeached. i feel bad that...
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that was the ambassador to ukraine that trump fired. that she told lawmakers today about her concerns about giuliani's shadow foreign policy. "wall street journal" is also reporting that she and other white house officials were so concerned about efforts to push ukraine to open certain investigations that they -- they raised concerns with the white house lawyer. all of that now combined with this bombshell. i mean, what's next? >> yeah, it does all seem to be coming together. if democrats want to make a case that there was a conspiracy to get the ukrainians to dig up dirt on joe biden to help president trump's re-election, that they have -- democrats have a lot of evidence. they have the fact that the ukrainian ambassador -- the ambassador to ukraine who wasn't on board with this scheme was fired abruptly and everyone else is saying that she was doing a good job, but rudy giuliani didn't like her so the president got rid of her. we have the fact that the president basically yanked vice president pence from going to the ukrainian preside
that was the ambassador to ukraine that trump fired. that she told lawmakers today about her concerns about giuliani's shadow foreign policy. "wall street journal" is also reporting that she and other white house officials were so concerned about efforts to push ukraine to open certain investigations that they -- they raised concerns with the white house lawyer. all of that now combined with this bombshell. i mean, what's next? >> yeah, it does all seem to be coming together. if...
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and i hope he looks at ukraine. i hope he looks at everything. >> reporter: brianna, the secretary of state is traveling ov overseas where the reporters with him have asked him questions about his role in this scandal. so far, he hasn't answered those questions. we'll be waiting to see what he says and whether those officials follow suit with the former official who will sit down with those democrats. >> kaitlan collins, thank you. >> more on this battle between the white house and democrats on the hill. congress could still hear from key players outlined in this complaint. >> reporter: that's right, brianna. kurt volker says he will still appear here on capitol hill on thursday, and that's according to an aide telling cnn tonight testimony likely behind closed doors on thursday. volker, of course, is no longer a state department employee after he abruptly resigned last week, after being named in the whistle-blower report, alleging that volker had conversations with the ukrainian president about how to navigate the
and i hope he looks at ukraine. i hope he looks at everything. >> reporter: brianna, the secretary of state is traveling ov overseas where the reporters with him have asked him questions about his role in this scandal. so far, he hasn't answered those questions. we'll be waiting to see what he says and whether those officials follow suit with the former official who will sit down with those democrats. >> kaitlan collins, thank you. >> more on this battle between the white...
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this comes from his own top diplomat in ukraine bill taylor. taylor just testified trump pushed ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son in exchange for military aid to be released and now the white house is going after the messenger. the press secretary calling it "a coordinated smear campaign from far left lawmakers, and radical unelected bureaucrats." taylor was sought out by secretary of state mike pompeo himself in june of this year and taylor writes in his testimony how he consulted with a republican mentor before even taking the job in ukraine. once he did, taylor said he found the u.s. foreign policy divided in two. a regular way of doing things, and another "highly irregular channel that involved rudy giuliani." cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider breaks down taylor's 15-page opening statement. jessica, what did he say? >> reporter: brooke, 15 pages of opening testimony and bill taylor spent nearly ten hours behind closed doors on capitol hill and one democrat emerged calling it his most disturbing day in congress so far be
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policy in ukraine believed that the military aid to ukraine was indeed tied to ukraine investigating the biden family. and now a rare rebuke by a republican, utah senator mitt romney, tweeting, by all appearances, the president's brazen and unprecedented appeal to china and ukraine to investigate joe biden is wrong and appalling. and it's important to remember that all of this started with this whistleblower complaint. and we're now learning more about what kurt volker, who is the first official to testify on the whistleblower's accusations, revealed to congress during his closed door testimony. sunlan serfotti is covering this on capitol hill. what can you tell us, sunlan? >> reporter: kurt volker spent nine hours in the room, and it shows the envoy of ukraine trying to defend himself, portraying him as someone who is constantly trying to tamp down the influence of president trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and specifically his influence over president trump as it relates to his demands to launch these investigations. certainly volker under scoring he was trying to get presid
policy in ukraine believed that the military aid to ukraine was indeed tied to ukraine investigating the biden family. and now a rare rebuke by a republican, utah senator mitt romney, tweeting, by all appearances, the president's brazen and unprecedented appeal to china and ukraine to investigate joe biden is wrong and appalling. and it's important to remember that all of this started with this whistleblower complaint. and we're now learning more about what kurt volker, who is the first...
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government's support of ukraine. i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would likely 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. manu raju, tell us about this testimony today. >> reporter: we're just learning about tense moments that occurred behind closed doors with alex vindman. namely chairman adam schiff objected to a line of questioning from republicans the democrats contended was an effort to out the whistleblower. the whistleblower, of course, who made that initial complaint about the president's actions that have now led to this impeachment inquiry, and according to multiple sources from both parties, schiff objected as republicans were asking questions about who mr. vindman spoke with and raising names of certain individuals. they contend it could potentially be an effort to out the whistleblower. republicans pushed backward, s
government's support of ukraine. i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would likely 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. manu raju, tell us about this testimony today. >> reporter: we're just learning about tense moments that occurred behind closed doors with alex vindman. namely chairman adam schiff...
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diplomat in ukraine. he writes i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. excuse me. gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu responds, "bill, i believe -- excuse me -- you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been kris cal 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 off line. quote, i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. congressman mike quigley is on the intelligence committee. his staff were among those interviewed the source of those texts. kurt volker. congressman quigley, i'll get to the text in a moment. your take on rachael bade's reporting that volker testified a meeting between ukraine's president and president trump was contingent on the ukrainian president agreeing to make a statement regarding the bidens. >> i want to make clear
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ukraine is a very important issue. increasingly the president's fitness is even more important. >> you said it more articulately than i did when i was talking to chris. he keeps spinning and digging himself in deeper. i want to bring in greg jaffe. your latest reporting on how the president involved pence in his efforts to pressure ukraine. i just want to read a detail from it. you said perhaps most significantly, one of pence's top advisers was on the july 25th call, and the vice president should have had access to the transcript within hours, officials said. so pompeo admitted today that he was on the call. one of pence's top aides was also on the call. and a little over a month later, pence went and met with zelensky. what's going on here? >> you know, i think in this particular case, pence was like highly incurious or poorly staffed. they just didn't prepare him for that meeting on september 1st. i think his top aide who listened to the call just didn't hear anything unusual or different. it may just be a product o
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ambassador to ukraine. now that ambassador, marie yovanovitch, is scheduled to speak to congress in two hours. this is all coming together in one really crazy story. it's unclear whether the president will try to block his testimony this morning as he did earlier this week with another state department official. we're waiting for word on that every minute that passes. >> new details about the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president and the quid pro quo allegations in the whistle-blower complaint or the request for a favor. "the washington post" reports at least four national security officials were so alarmed by that phone call, by the president's attempts to pressure the ukrainian president for political purposes that they raised concerns with the white house lawyer before and after the president's call. the post also says it was political appointees in the white house budget office who intervened to freeze that military aid to ukraine. just a lot to talk about. let's bring
ambassador to ukraine. now that ambassador, marie yovanovitch, is scheduled to speak to congress in two hours. this is all coming together in one really crazy story. it's unclear whether the president will try to block his testimony this morning as he did earlier this week with another state department official. we're waiting for word on that every minute that passes. >> new details about the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president and the quid pro quo...
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former special envoy to ukraine. he testified he warned rudy giuliani, not a diplomat or government official, the president's personal lawyer, not to trust information he was getting from his ukrainian sources. volker was clearly walking a fine line, trying to contain giuliani, at the same time doing what u.s. national security required. >> well, all of the developments today. the one thing they have in common is that they all raise the question of what does american foreign policy exist for, does it exist to get donald trump reelected or does it exist to advance the national interest because the idea that rudy giuliani is engaging in foreign policy for the sole and exclusive purpose for getting joe biden is exactly the same as donald trump saying china should investigate biden too. i mean, all these stories, the heart of the issue of abuse of presidential power, and we're going to see whether congress cares about it or not. >> and marie yovanovitch, a career diplomat, foreign service officer, worked in democratic an
former special envoy to ukraine. he testified he warned rudy giuliani, not a diplomat or government official, the president's personal lawyer, not to trust information he was getting from his ukrainian sources. volker was clearly walking a fine line, trying to contain giuliani, at the same time doing what u.s. national security required. >> well, all of the developments today. the one thing they have in common is that they all raise the question of what does american foreign policy exist...
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it wasn't just the ukraine. "the post" reports in one of his first calls with a head of state that the president fawned over vladimir putin, apologized profusely for not calling him sooner. he promised to try to get saudi arabia into the g7. and he even promised the president of peru that he would deliver a c-130 military cargo plane overnight. that is a near impossibility. that was a nightmare for the pentagon. now, all of that sounds pretty crazy, doesn't it? but here's the thing. people had gotten used to the president making calls luke that. and even still, they were shocked by the effort to bury the ukraine call in that highly secure system. all this is happening as house democrats are slapping a subpoena on the white house for ukraine documents, wasting no time taking it to the next level, demanding documents from the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, documents that are related to the president's infamous ukraine call. and making it crystal clear that they'll view failure to comply with the subpoena as
it wasn't just the ukraine. "the post" reports in one of his first calls with a head of state that the president fawned over vladimir putin, apologized profusely for not calling him sooner. he promised to try to get saudi arabia into the g7. and he even promised the president of peru that he would deliver a c-130 military cargo plane overnight. that is a near impossibility. that was a nightmare for the pentagon. now, all of that sounds pretty crazy, doesn't it? but here's the thing....
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now another key player in the ukraine scandal. rick perry is announcing he's resigning. >>> mean whoowhile breaking overnight, new video of
now another key player in the ukraine scandal. rick perry is announcing he's resigning. >>> mean whoowhile breaking overnight, new video of
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ambassador to ukraine. a lot of lawmakers and staff on capitol hill were wondering exactly what this had to do with anything. cnn is reporting rudy giuliani spoke with me a few minute ago confirming that some of the information in that -- in what the ig presented originated with him. >> rudy giuliani -- do we know how -- he handed it to somebody in the secretary of state's office? do we know? >> what giuliani told me is that he somehow routed this information -- this is at the end of march, earlier this year. he says he routed that to secretary of state mike pompeo. it's unclear exactly what that means. he did say that he received a call a couple of days later from pompeo who said that he had gotten these documents and that he would refer it for investigation. giuliani telling me he was frustrated he never heard anything back from the state department thereafter. >> the three chairs, schiff, engel and cummings released a statement on the briefing which is when these documents were handed over by the inspect
ambassador to ukraine. a lot of lawmakers and staff on capitol hill were wondering exactly what this had to do with anything. cnn is reporting rudy giuliani spoke with me a few minute ago confirming that some of the information in that -- in what the ig presented originated with him. >> rudy giuliani -- do we know how -- he handed it to somebody in the secretary of state's office? do we know? >> what giuliani told me is that he somehow routed this information -- this is at the end...
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ukraine or promoting his conspiracy theory we should investigate ukraine? the downfall of mike pompeo began with this ukraine stuff. when he first game cia director there was a new story that made my jaw drop. it staid that at the request of the president he took meeting with a conspiracy theorist. that the the hacking was from ukraine. he thought he was too smart to believe this. i still think he is. he accommodated it and took a meeting to satisfy the president. and this thing has ripped out of control. it's going take down rudy giuliani. we'll waste this money sending barr on a wild goose chase. and you can never give this stuff oxygen. >> you can blame amanda for the ten seconds you have left. you say there aren't many people left willing to debase themselves for the president. >> yeah. this is what i think we're seeing. this circle is shrinking. and that a lot of people will be staring down this question of do you want the legal bills to fight this on the personal side or do you want to throw yourself on the mercy of congress. >> thank you all. i appre
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about what trump said to ukraine. and what the sort of anger and fear and concern coming out of people like hill. and vindman and taylor and who else. there's others down the pike. that disconnect shows the transcript was however bad it was. it was not bad enough. >> max, vindman calls himself a patron. 20 years active duty united states officer. i served in a non-partisan manner with the utmost respect and professionalism for republican and democratic administrations. he's credible. he's driving home this point. this is about country over party. >> incredibly powerful witness. not just because he is a serving military officer and a combat vet of the iraq war. also because he is an immigrant. i can empathize i'm an immigrant as well. from the soviet union. they have a starry eyed sense of american idealism and want the country to live up to its best self. he was shocked when he saw what was going on behind closed doors and felt compelled to come forward. i was asked recently when i was giving a survey of what's going
about what trump said to ukraine. and what the sort of anger and fear and concern coming out of people like hill. and vindman and taylor and who else. there's others down the pike. that disconnect shows the transcript was however bad it was. it was not bad enough. >> max, vindman calls himself a patron. 20 years active duty united states officer. i served in a non-partisan manner with the utmost respect and professionalism for republican and democratic administrations. he's credible. he's...
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ally, ukraine. and so coming out of this meeting, the sources i've been talking to say that this sort of solidifies this narrative that democrats, you know, have been investigating, that this investigation in what trump did with ukraine really infringed on u.s. foreign policy and caused a lot of problems. >> rachel, did volker tell the lawmakers how giuliani responded when he gave him that warning not to go with all those wild accusations? >> reporter: to be answered. i don't know at this point. i'm sure he was probably asked that question. we're still learning details as they come out. clearly, giuliani continued to pursue this matter, right? clearly, giuliani continued to pursue this. >> you are also reporting, rachel, that volker handed over documents to these members of congress. what do we know about that? >> i've seen some other reporting that he has turned over some text messages right now. we saw a text message exchange where he expressed concern about the u.s. holding this financial militar
ally, ukraine. and so coming out of this meeting, the sources i've been talking to say that this sort of solidifies this narrative that democrats, you know, have been investigating, that this investigation in what trump did with ukraine really infringed on u.s. foreign policy and caused a lot of problems. >> rachel, did volker tell the lawmakers how giuliani responded when he gave him that warning not to go with all those wild accusations? >> reporter: to be answered. i don't know...
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special envoy to ukraine. very stark testimony from kurt volcker. volcker spent more than nine hours talking about what he knows about the scandal. >> he provided text messages showing how the u.s. tied u.s. military aid for ukraine to the country's willingness to dig up political dirt for president trump. sarah murray has that part of the story. >> cnn has obtained volker's statement. he claims giuliani peddled dubious information. volker described diplomate following to manage the fallout and that the new ukrainian leadership could be trusted. volker was working behind the scenes to try to ensure a smooth conversation between the two leaders. he will investigate, get to the bottom of what happens in 2016. we will nail down date for visit to washington. on the call, trump pressed zelensky to investigate the biden family and trump's unfounded belief that it was the ukrainians, not the russians who meddled in the 2016 election. >> the president of the united states coerced a foreign power to help himself politi
special envoy to ukraine. very stark testimony from kurt volcker. volcker spent more than nine hours talking about what he knows about the scandal. >> he provided text messages showing how the u.s. tied u.s. military aid for ukraine to the country's willingness to dig up political dirt for president trump. sarah murray has that part of the story. >> cnn has obtained volker's statement. he claims giuliani peddled dubious information. volker described diplomate following to manage the...
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in eastern ukraine. and when you read that, it's just dreadful to think that the aid that is required for that ukrainian people to defend themselves against the russians being held up for purely political individual personal political agenda here in the united states. it just really egregious. >> "washington post" reporting that putin and hungary prime minister orban helped sour trump on ukraine. take a look. this is a timeline. may 3 trump and russian president putin speak on the phone. trump wants his opinion on ukrainian president zelensky. may 13 he meets with hungarian prime minister. he solidified the pessimistic view of ukraine. may 23, "new york times" reports trump called the ukrainian terrible people in a meeting with his top adviser. june 28. trump again meets with putin this time at the g 20 in japan. july 25, trump's infamous call with president zelensky. where he pressures ukraine to investigate the bidens and july 31, trump speaks to putin again. the post makes clear that neither putin or
in eastern ukraine. and when you read that, it's just dreadful to think that the aid that is required for that ukrainian people to defend themselves against the russians being held up for purely political individual personal political agenda here in the united states. it just really egregious. >> "washington post" reporting that putin and hungary prime minister orban helped sour trump on ukraine. take a look. this is a timeline. may 3 trump and russian president putin speak on...
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on ukraine. of vital interest to the committees is ambassador bill taylor, another career diplomat currently running the u.s. ambassador in ukraine. he was clearly uncomfortable with the pressure being put on ukraine by president trump, texting sondland, are we saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? sondland responded, call me. taylor has been asked to testify. it's unclear when that may happen or if the administration will try to block his testimony as well. >> with taylor, sondland and marie yovanovitch, there are now three ambassadors who either are or may be going against the orders of their bosses to testify. we don't know what the consequences will be for them, what it will mean for their jobs. but marie yovanovitch did not hold back today. she said under president trump, the state department -- these are her words -- has been attacked and hollowed out from within. >> she's been testifying for hours and hours. alex, thank you very much. >>
on ukraine. of vital interest to the committees is ambassador bill taylor, another career diplomat currently running the u.s. ambassador in ukraine. he was clearly uncomfortable with the pressure being put on ukraine by president trump, texting sondland, are we saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? sondland responded, call me. taylor has been asked to testify. it's unclear when that may happen or if the administration will try to block his...
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diplomat in ukraine. the same top diplomat who questioned in real time, in text messages, whether a quid pro quo directed by president trump was happening with ukraine. text messages released by another top now former u.s. official, kurt volker. text messages between taylor and the ambassador to the eu. in one message, taylor wrote this. quote, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. and in another, he asked, are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? so now cnn has learned that taylor is asked to fill in the gaps this morning. why did he think that the united states was trading military aid for help with a political campaign? why did he put any of his questions in writing at all? and what happened before, during and after those messages were exchanged? cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill where it's all happening as we speak. manu, what have you heard about bill taylor and what he's saying behind close
diplomat in ukraine. the same top diplomat who questioned in real time, in text messages, whether a quid pro quo directed by president trump was happening with ukraine. text messages released by another top now former u.s. official, kurt volker. text messages between taylor and the ambassador to the eu. in one message, taylor wrote this. quote, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. and in another, he asked, are we now saying that security...
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the president of ukraine to do two things. one, investigate a debunk server conspiracy and the other investigate the bidens. mick mulvaney's line the first thing, investigating the server was a quid pro quo and the other request investigating the bidens had nothing to do with president trump's decision to withhold military aid. don't have a smoking gun this was withheld for the bidens, but it is a dubious admission. >> and break it down. withholding aid is why that aid was withheld referring to the current investigation one happening at the justice department. listen. >> i was -- i was involved with the process by which the money was held up temporarily. okay? three issues for that. the corruption of the country. whether or not other countries were participating in support of the ukraine and whether or not they were cooperating in an ongoing investigation with our department of justice. that's completely legitimate. >> cooperating in an ongoing investigation with the justice department. fact check that for us. >> in this phone
the president of ukraine to do two things. one, investigate a debunk server conspiracy and the other investigate the bidens. mick mulvaney's line the first thing, investigating the server was a quid pro quo and the other request investigating the bidens had nothing to do with president trump's decision to withhold military aid. don't have a smoking gun this was withheld for the bidens, but it is a dubious admission. >> and break it down. withholding aid is why that aid was withheld...
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bush ambassador to ukraine. president trump today also accused taylor of being a never trumper before saying never trumpers are, quote, "human scum." and there is a reason. his testimony was devastating for the president. in his 15-page opening statement to congressional investigators, bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine laid out perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an apparent quid pro quo. president trump with holding congressional-mandated military aid until the ukrainian president announced an investigation into joe biden and his son hunter. taylor testified he had been concerned about, quote, an irregular informal channel of u.s. policy making with respect to ukraine that includes then special envoy kurt volker, u.s. ambassador to the e.u., gordon sondland, the now outgoing energy secretary rick perry, and the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. taylor said that by august of this year the official and unofficial channels, quote, had diverged in their objectives. the official objectives f
bush ambassador to ukraine. president trump today also accused taylor of being a never trumper before saying never trumpers are, quote, "human scum." and there is a reason. his testimony was devastating for the president. in his 15-page opening statement to congressional investigators, bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine laid out perhaps the strongest evidence yet of an apparent quid pro quo. president trump with holding congressional-mandated military aid until the...
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and still president trump is looking for the 2016 crowd strike server in ukraine. which is a fabrication and held up aid over it. >> what is sad about this is we are -- we have gotten to a stage it is possible to gin up this this idea of corruption. this idea of the swamp. to make these charges. even after they have been proven to be false. even after they have been many investigations that look into it. and makes you despair about the state of democracy. and citizen ri. how many times does something have to be investigated and disproven until you realize it's a smear tactic. not something real. >> if you can talk about this. is this a cautionary tale for the 2020 election to not be distracted by conspiracy theory? >> well, it all begins with john keri and the swift boating. if you remember in the case, he recently talked about this. what happens is they start to see the stuff on social media, all the major news channels. all the major newspapers run front page stories pointing out this is all false. but the campaign decides we don't want to give it more oxygen. th
and still president trump is looking for the 2016 crowd strike server in ukraine. which is a fabrication and held up aid over it. >> what is sad about this is we are -- we have gotten to a stage it is possible to gin up this this idea of corruption. this idea of the swamp. to make these charges. even after they have been proven to be false. even after they have been many investigations that look into it. and makes you despair about the state of democracy. and citizen ri. how many times...
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canceled his trip to ukraine. the next day taylor texted gordon sondland a prominent republican donor and u.s. ambassador to the european union. are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? sondland responds, call me. on september 9th taylor again brings up the point. as i said on the phone i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. sondland texted back hours later, defending the president. i believe you're incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been crystal clear no quid pro quos of any kind. volker also said in his opening statement that he did become aware that foreign aid to ukraine was being held up at the same time he was connecting ukrainian leadership aides with rudy guiliani but volker said he did not perceive those two issues to be linked in any way. jessica schneider, cnn washington. >>> bernie sanders returning home after being hospitalized for a heart attack. when we expect him
canceled his trip to ukraine. the next day taylor texted gordon sondland a prominent republican donor and u.s. ambassador to the european union. are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? sondland responds, call me. on september 9th taylor again brings up the point. as i said on the phone i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. sondland texted back hours later, defending the president. i...
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ambassador to ukraine months ago. and we still don't know -- we know rudy giuliani was publicly attacking the ambassador. before she was forced out. we know that mike pompeo didn't really do anything to defend her. certainly not publicly. what role did president trump play if all directly in this. it's been months and months. pompeo knew about that. and i'm not surprised at all to learn he was on the phone call. it seems he was well aware. bolton was not on the phone call. but clearly he as well was aware of the president and giuliani obsession with this. the fact that they were pursuing a debunked conspiracy theory. that's what the former trump homeland security adviser said publicly yesterday. he told the president it was debunked. the president is surrounded by people who are helping him carry these things out and they'll have to answer a lot of questions. >> i don't understand why pompeo hasn't come out and volunteered he was on the call and defend the president. why did he have to be outed he was on the call? >>
ambassador to ukraine months ago. and we still don't know -- we know rudy giuliani was publicly attacking the ambassador. before she was forced out. we know that mike pompeo didn't really do anything to defend her. certainly not publicly. what role did president trump play if all directly in this. it's been months and months. pompeo knew about that. and i'm not surprised at all to learn he was on the phone call. it seems he was well aware. bolton was not on the phone call. but clearly he as...
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because she blocked efforts on ukraine doing a biden probe. also, trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, is one of the officials focused on the president's impeachment strategy from the white house and finally this, the president is daring the democrats and the house speaker nancy pelosi on an impeachment vote. white house lawyers are drafting a letter saying they will not produce the documents until the full house votes on an open impeachment inquiry and here is more now from president trump. >> the way they're doing it, they've taken away our rights. so if they proceed, and they'll get their people -- they're all in line because even though many of them don't want to vote, they have no choice. they have to follow their leadership. and then we'll get it to the senate and we're going to win. the republicans have been very unified. this is the greatest witch-hunt in the history of our country. >> and just moments ago, cnn obtained the full opening statement of kurt volker, the former diplomat to ukraine who not only backed joe biden but also gave a
because she blocked efforts on ukraine doing a biden probe. also, trump's son-in-law, jared kushner, is one of the officials focused on the president's impeachment strategy from the white house and finally this, the president is daring the democrats and the house speaker nancy pelosi on an impeachment vote. white house lawyers are drafting a letter saying they will not produce the documents until the full house votes on an open impeachment inquiry and here is more now from president trump....
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ambassador to ukraine. >> that's right. and, you know, i understand jay sekulowe's statement saying essentially this has nothing to do with the campaign, the white house, the president. these were the guys working alongside rudy giuliani, sending forth essentially this ukrainian misinformation campaign backed by russian businessmen and funneling it into the white house. ultimately that got the attention of president trump and he embraced that. the ambassador they wanted ousted from ukraine is recalled from her position. she's back. they're trying to interview her in front of the house impeachment committees, they're trying to set that up. these guys were able to get a lot of what they wanted by going through rudy giuliani and getting directly to the president. it is kind of stunning this has been carrying on and the levels they reached with this sort of operation. >> what's your reaction to this all? it's obviously unsettling to have people breaking the law, election law involved in this 2020 election. >> it's very easy to
ambassador to ukraine. >> that's right. and, you know, i understand jay sekulowe's statement saying essentially this has nothing to do with the campaign, the white house, the president. these were the guys working alongside rudy giuliani, sending forth essentially this ukrainian misinformation campaign backed by russian businessmen and funneling it into the white house. ultimately that got the attention of president trump and he embraced that. the ambassador they wanted ousted from...
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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 lawyer said oh my god, we 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 that
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 lawyer said oh my god, we have a problem here. yes, we do. keep in mind, we have a problem in the...
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-ukraine relationship was deeply intertwined with the president's desire for ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. the group messages sondland is on are full of references to rudy giuliani, the president's personal lawyer assigned to pushing a biden conspiracy theory that has zero supporting evidence. on september 1st, the ambassador to ukraine asked sondland if hundreds of millions of dollars and military assistance were conditioned on investigations. sondland responded "call me." a week later, the ambassador told sondland, "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign." sondland denied it was, saying "president trump has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is truly going to adopt the transparency and reforms." sondland has ended up in the hot seat in washington after a career in business. like president trump, building hotels across the country and making a lot of money. >> thank you. >> reporter: in the 2016 campaign, the longtime republican donor first supported jeb bus
-ukraine relationship was deeply intertwined with the president's desire for ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. the group messages sondland is on are full of references to rudy giuliani, the president's personal lawyer assigned to pushing a biden conspiracy theory that has zero supporting evidence. on september 1st, the ambassador to ukraine asked sondland if hundreds of millions of dollars and military assistance were conditioned on investigations. sondland responded "call...
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the pushback that's come in the last day, wolf, in the attacks on the ukraine officer -- the ukraine specialist army officer. >> alexander vindman. lieutenant colonel. >> i think what you're going to see is that republicans are going to conclude that's really a bad strategy. the american public will not like that. i think what they'll do in the end is they're going to say, yep, trump did it, it was awful, but it's not impeachable. and therefore the house will impeach him, the republicans in the senate won't convict, because they'll say the american people should bring this judgment, not us. i think they will realize that tacking our civil service, our army officers, some really distinguished people is not a winning hand. >> when you go back and read this rough transcript that the white house released of the president's controversial phone conversation with the ukrainian president zelensky, it says right at the bottom of page 1, this is not a verbatim transcript of a discussion. it's called a memorandum of a telephone conversation. and if you go through it on several points, there are
the pushback that's come in the last day, wolf, in the attacks on the ukraine officer -- the ukraine specialist army officer. >> alexander vindman. lieutenant colonel. >> i think what you're going to see is that republicans are going to conclude that's really a bad strategy. the american public will not like that. i think what they'll do in the end is they're going to say, yep, trump did it, it was awful, but it's not impeachable. and therefore the house will impeach him, the...
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military aid to ukraine. of course, this is at the center of this scandal surrounding the phone call that president trump made to ukrainian president zelensky. now we know that president trump put a hold on that aid a lot earlier than previously thought. our sarah marie is looking into this. this timeline is changing. what about the reasons here? what are you hearing? >> that's right. a senior administration official says it was actually june, earlier than we had previously heard, that the president put a freeze on these funds when he directed mark esper and john bolton to do a policy review. now, this was confusing to people at the time, because when the president was ordering this policy review, the state department and the pentagon had already evaluated these funds, they'd already notified their congressional oversight committees that these funds were good to go. the pentagon even put out a press release saying we have $250 million in military aid to ukraine ready to roll. the president was putting the bra
military aid to ukraine. of course, this is at the center of this scandal surrounding the phone call that president trump made to ukrainian president zelensky. now we know that president trump put a hold on that aid a lot earlier than previously thought. our sarah marie is looking into this. this timeline is changing. what about the reasons here? what are you hearing? >> that's right. a senior administration official says it was actually june, earlier than we had previously heard, that...
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, who expressed outrage to withhold aid to ukraine. also on the side of the democrats, john bolton, the former national security adviser. he made his steadfast opposition to pressuring ukraine well-known around the white house. here's phil mattingly. >> reporter: republicans have made no secret of their frustration about much of the democratic impeachment inquiry, up to this point, one month in, is taking place behind closed doors. they decided to let that frustration come out a little bit. going into a closed-door deposition, interrupting that closed-door accept situation, inside a secured conference room, including bringing, some of them, bringing their electronic devices in, which is a total no-no. all to make the point they decent believe the democratic investigation is on the up and up. it was, to say the least, a piece of theater, one with intent. that was two-hold. one to show that frustration in public, to make a big show of it. and also to show the president that many of them met with at the white house, they are fighting for
, who expressed outrage to withhold aid to ukraine. also on the side of the democrats, john bolton, the former national security adviser. he made his steadfast opposition to pressuring ukraine well-known around the white house. here's phil mattingly. >> reporter: republicans have made no secret of their frustration about much of the democratic impeachment inquiry, up to this point, one month in, is taking place behind closed doors. they decided to let that frustration come out a little...
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canceled his trip to ukraine. the next day taylor text gordon sondland a donor and u.s. ambassador to the european union, are we now saying that security assistance and white house money are conditioned on investigations. sondland responds, call me. on september 9th, taylor again brings up the point as i said on the phone, i think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. sondland text back hours later defending the president. i believe you're incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. and volker did stay in his opening statement he became aware that foreign aid to ukraine was being held up at the same time he was connecting ukrainian leadership aides to rudy giuliani. but, jake, volker saying he did not perceive those issues to be linked in any way. jake. >> jessica schneider, thank you so much. >>> let's bring my experts back. and laura, let me start with you because as a "wall street journal" report sayi
canceled his trip to ukraine. the next day taylor text gordon sondland a donor and u.s. ambassador to the european union, are we now saying that security assistance and white house money are conditioned on investigations. sondland responds, call me. on september 9th, taylor again brings up the point as i said on the phone, i think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. sondland text back hours later defending the president. i believe you're incorrect...
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ukraine gets the money. what happened the day before that? john bolton resigned, was fired, whichever version you want to go with. you have to wonder whether someone in the white house said, you know what, mr. president? you better release that money. john bolton is out there. >> and john bolton, when he left, was clearly not happy. he's still not happy about all of that. >> right. >> everyone, stick around. more news we're following, including breaking news in california right now. we'll have a live update from the scene of a new fire that just broke out today. ah! come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? let's hide behind the chainsaws. smart. yeah. ok. if you're in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. it's what you do. this was a good idea. shhhh. i'm being quiet. you're breathing on me! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. let's go to the cemetery! curiosity- it ignites our imagination. in search of in
ukraine gets the money. what happened the day before that? john bolton resigned, was fired, whichever version you want to go with. you have to wonder whether someone in the white house said, you know what, mr. president? you better release that money. john bolton is out there. >> and john bolton, when he left, was clearly not happy. he's still not happy about all of that. >> right. >> everyone, stick around. more news we're following, including breaking news in california...
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times" what rudy giuliani was doing in ukraine. so if there is a contest between taylor and sondland as there appears to be, the political appointee hotel owner from portland, oregon, seems to be in a lot worse position than the 50-year honored civil servant and former military officer. >> just got a clip of mark meadows who was also there. he denies there was any quid pro quo. >> been in there r for ten hours. i can assure you, there was no quid pro quo. >> he assures us. >> we all read the statement. the statement says there's a quid pro quo. now you can argue that taylor lied in the statement, but it says what it says. >> wolf, the statement is devastating. devastating. it's pages and pages of recollections from his notes and we know he was a vol loumous note taker and at the end of his statement, he says that the story is a wangerous story about whistle blowers, mr. giuliani, side channels, quid pro quos, corruption and interference in elections and he says in this story, ukraine is an object. this comes from a career public se
times" what rudy giuliani was doing in ukraine. so if there is a contest between taylor and sondland as there appears to be, the political appointee hotel owner from portland, oregon, seems to be in a lot worse position than the 50-year honored civil servant and former military officer. >> just got a clip of mark meadows who was also there. he denies there was any quid pro quo. >> been in there r for ten hours. i can assure you, there was no quid pro quo. >> he assures...
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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 president 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 in
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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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 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. >> 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 crime fighter. he looks for corruption wherever he goes. everybody 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 he's been one of the greatest crime fighters and corruption fighters. rudy giuliani is a good man. >> would you
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 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...
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on ukraine. former ambassador to ukraine appearing before lawmakers after the state department tried to block her testimony. yovanovitch responding to subpoena by house democratic leadership, leveling a stunning allegation, saying she was removed from her post by president trump because of unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives, referring to efforts by the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. i do not know mr. giuliani's motives for attacking me, yovanovitch wrote in her statement, adding but individuals who have been named in the press as contacts of mr. giuliani may well have believed their personal financial ambitions were stymied by our anti-corruption policy in ukraine. the former ambassador, referring to lev parnas and igor fruman. they were indicted for trying to use political contributions to get her fired. yovanovitch was known for her anti-corruption work. >> the old oligarch system is still clinging to life and corruption is its life support. >> s
on ukraine. former ambassador to ukraine appearing before lawmakers after the state department tried to block her testimony. yovanovitch responding to subpoena by house democratic leadership, leveling a stunning allegation, saying she was removed from her post by president trump because of unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives, referring to efforts by the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. i do not know mr. giuliani's motives for attacking me,...
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trump's phone call with the ukraine president. and he was so concerned about that and other things that he witnessed he twice reported his concerns to his superiors. vindman says he reported it out of a, quote, sense of duty. in his opening statement that has been obtained by cnn, vindman says i did not think it was proper to demand a foreign government investigate a foreign citizen and i was worried about the implications for the u.s. government's support of ukraine. >> as investigators hear from vindman and four other witnesses this week, democratic leaders now planning to hold a vote on the impeachment inquiry thursday. the vote will force lawmakers to go on the record supporting or opposing the investigation. and will lay out the rules for the next phase taking the probe public. the speaker's move shuts down a key gop talking point that the inquiry is not legitimate because there never had been a formal vote. we are already seeing, though, some of the president's republican allies trying to discredit today's witness. colonel v
trump's phone call with the ukraine president. and he was so concerned about that and other things that he witnessed he twice reported his concerns to his superiors. vindman says he reported it out of a, quote, sense of duty. in his opening statement that has been obtained by cnn, vindman says i did not think it was proper to demand a foreign government investigate a foreign citizen and i was worried about the implications for the u.s. government's support of ukraine. >> as investigators...