>> so is it your understanding then that president trump disregarded the advice of his senior officials about this theory and instead listed on to rudy giuliani's views. >> that appears to be the case, yes. >> and i also then want to just show one other exhibit that goes backth to what you were testifyg earlier, dr. hill, about russia's interest in promoting this theory. this is an excerpt from a february 2nd, 2017, news conference between president putin and prime minister orbon of hungary where putin says, as we all know during the presidential campaign in the united states, the ukrainian government adopted a unilateral position in a favor of one candidate. more than that, oligarchs with the approval of the political leadership,ti funded this candidate to be more precise. you spent three years in the