President , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. But to the extent that the president has concerns and to the extent that the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say that you should be in touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kind of relations. Now, were you involved, either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. And how do you account for that . I mean, you were the two of the key officials with responsibility for ukrainian policy. If the president of the United States is going to have a call with the leader of the ukraine, why wouldnt
you ordinarily be involved with preparation . Sir, we work for the Department Of State in an embassy overseas and in preparation for a president ial phone
Government and the Justice Department, thats the perfect way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . It is appropriate for the Justice Department and the prosecutor again to cooperate and exchange information, yes. To the extent the president had concerns and the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham looking into that. Is that entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for should be in touch with our official challenge . I dont know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. Now, were you involved, either of you involved in the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. How do you account for that . I mean you were the two officials responsibility with ukrainian policies. If the president of the united
states having a call with the leader of ukraine, why would you not ordinarily be involved with the preparations. In preparations for a president ial phone call that lies within staff of the National Security council. If ther
the time of the gentleman has expired. i will now move to five-minute member rounds. i recognize myself for five minutes. mr. kent, i want to follow up on my colleague s questions regarding burisma. you testified about a time when an oligarch named la krzyzewski, i think it was was self-dealing awarding himself contracts when was that, to my knowledge, he was minister of ecology 2010 to 2012. at the time licenses to have exploration of gas were awarded by subdivision of the ministry of ecology. so this corrupt self-dealing then was approximately seven years, at least seven years before the events that bring us here today, the phone call on the 25th and the events around it? correct. his time as minister was 2010 to 2012. hunter biden joined the
it. ? 2010 and 2012. hunter biden joining the border of 204. you read the transcript, have you not. i have not read it for about a month. is tlp any mention of discussion of president trump and zelensky. is there a discussion of awarding contracts to one self or the corrupt act in the 2012 or 2014 time frame. what the brings up is crowd strike and the bidens, am i right? i see it here, right? it was on some of the diskigss of that call setting up an anty corruption of courts and among oligarhs.