Mean, thats the appropriate way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. To the extent the president has concerns and to the extent 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 youn touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. Now, were either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. How do you account for that . I mean, you were 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 ukraine, why
wouldnt you ordinarily be involved with the preparation . Sir, we work for the Department Of State in an embassy overseas. Preparation for a president
involved in lots of criminal activity, correct? i do not know that. over the years it s been involved in a number of questionable dealings, correct? i would say that it s the largest private gas producer in the country and its business reputation is mixed. so to the extent a new regime is coming in under president zelensky, it certainly would be fair for the new prosecutor, a genuine prosecutor to reexamine old crimes that hadn t sufficiently been brought to justice, right? i believe that the new prosecutor general made a statement to that and that they would be reviewing past cases. keep in mind this is a country where those that commit crimes generally never get held to account. so there s a lot to review. the bribe was paid in what year? to the best of my knowledge, the case against the former minister was shut down december of 2014. okay. right around that time, burisma