last friday a member of my staff told me events that occurred on july 26th, put donald trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. mister sondland said they were ready to move forward. donald trump cares more about the investigations of biden which giuliani was pressing for. democrats called a bombshell republicans paint it as hearsay. we will see where it goes. mister sondland will testify. ambassador marie yavanovitch, we are just getting started. shannon: it was a long day yesterday. appreciate it. now bombshell but plenty of hearsay. should democrats be worried? congressman steve scalise said there is no doubt about it. a bad day for adam schiff and
staff member overheard president trump tell gordon sondland that his personal top priority for the ukraine was to get hunter and joe biden investigated. a member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. ambassador sondland told president trump that the ukrainians were ready to move forward. ambassador sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden which giuliani was pressing for. he wasn t there today and a lot who submitted their wish list over the weekend would like to see him there. he might not have been there in person but he was there in spirit as his name is brought up again over and over across the six hours of testimony. i have to think that tonight republicans are feeling pretty good about their decision to put jim jordan on the republican
ambassador sondland what trump thought about ukraine. sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden which giuliani was pressing for. sondland has revised his private testimony about some of these issues. he claimed his memory was refreshed by what other people said which moved him into the camp of people describing bribery. he did fail to mention this incriminating phone call. as sondland s stock has fallen, president trump has gone from shouting out sondland s great work to suddenly having memory problems. our ambassador to the europe union, gordon sondland, thank you gordon. where is he? great job. good. let me just tell you, i hardly know the gentleman. the text message i saw from ambassador sondland who s highly respected was there s no quid pro quo. i don t recall, not even a
barking up that tree. i agree with you completely. also still telling everybody that ted cruz s father was involved in killing jack kennedy. he was selling that baby for a long time. he s still selling it as far as i m concerned. both taylor and kent, the witnesses today said it went against america s national interest in the region. here they go. the committee s investigation has uncovered a web of shadow diplomacy engaged in and executed by several state department officials and the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, and ultimately directed by president trump. was mr. giuliani promoting u.s. national interests or policy in ukraine, ambassador? i don t think so, ma am. mr. kent? no, he was not. what interests do you believe he was promoting, mr. kent? i believe he was looking to
conversation between donald trump and his ambassador to the e.u. in which trump asks specifically about the investigations. in the presence of my staff at a restaurant ambassador sondland called president trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. the member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. ambassador sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. following the call with president trump, the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what president trump thought about ukraine. ambassador sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden which giuliani was pressing for. so taylor didn t identify the aid who reported the call in that testimony. but two sources tell nbc new it s was a state department official named david holmes. holmes will talk to lawmakers behind closed doors tomorrow. and just this afternoon we