bolden, mcgann and mulvaney testify? that may happen in a trial in the senate but donald trump absolutely has the right at the executive branch to assert certain privileges including rob: the question is why hide them? okay. we appreciate it. carley: 19 after the, christianity today doubling down on their scathing editorial of donald trump, franklin graham says his father who founded the publication would be very disappointed, don t miss franklin graham later this hour. rob: what if politics comes up at the christmas dinner table? we have the answer from a christmas expert on the etiquette, the dos and don ts. country roads, take me home
american people get to hear from these witnesses. the overwhelming majority want to hear from bolden and mulvaney. they want documents from the state department to be are holding the articles potential point of leverage for you? well, that will be a decision for the leadership. what do you think strategically. could it be? i don t know the answer. but i do know this. there are witnesses that have knowledge. they are witnesses like john bolton that the senate should hear from. there are documents, many of them deeply incriminating that should be released by the state department and office of management and budget and the senators of both parties should want that evidence to come to light. if they re doing their constitutional duty, they should want that evidence to come to light. so we speaking of coming to light, we have now in the last week seen that there are big problems in the fisa courts, the court that approves secret spying or surveillance, whatever you want to cal
ambassador bolden expressed his concerns and instructed dr. fiona hill, your supervisor, to also meet with the same white house lawyers to tell them what happened. colonel vindman, i agree there was no question that investor sondland was proposing a transaction to ukrainian officials, trading white house meetings for specific investigations. but the full awareness of the president s chief of staff, white house attorneys and his national security advisors. in my view, sir, that s appalling. i yield to the chairman. thank you gentlemen. i would just point out as where thawell that when the matter dos come, the white house through its counsel have the opportunity to make a submission to the judiciary committee. i now turn to dr. wentz trip. thank you mr. chairman. lieutenant colonel, thanks very much for being here as an army colonel who served a year in
don t hold it personally, i don t think it is you guys. but whatever drug deal the democrats are cooking up here on the dais, the american people are not buying it. i know you both answered this in your opening statements, but i just want to bring a little bit more clarity to it, mr. morrison, i will start with you. did anybody ask you to bribe or extort anyone at any time during her time in the white house. no, sir. and you were the top person for ukraine in the white house? i would argue ambassador bolden would be. according to ambassador bolden? ambassador volker, you have a storied career, and you are the special envoy to ukraine? that is correct. did anyone at the white house ever ask you to bribe or extort anything out of anyone at any
released as we discussed on wednesday was because vice president pence, and ambassador bolden, u.s. senators all talked with president zelensky and were convinced that he was the real deal as ambassador has alluded to in her testimony. that s why it was released. i yield back. mr. chairman, a lot has changed since the whistle-blower came forward. two things in particular. first, most of what the whistle-blower has alleged has been cooperated by the witnesses that we have heard from. second, the president who my colleagues so shamelessly continue to defend continue to pressure, threatening, and intimidate the whistle-blower. so i would like unanimous consent to put into the record a september 26, 2019 article from business insider trump suggested the whistle-blower who filed the complaint against him was treason, punishable by death. how about september 26, 2019,