he stopped thebr prosecution, s if you can look into it. it sounds horrible to me. dr dr. hill, this is one of the allegations that rudy giuliani was pushing? that s correct. now confirmed in this july 25th call that the president was interested in it. as yes. n ambassadors volker and sondland tried to draw a distinction between their understanding of the connection between buries burisma and the bidens. is it true that when anyone was pushing for an investigation into burisma, the reason why they wanted that investigation related to what w president tru said here, the bidens? it was apparent to me that s what rudy giuliani intended, yes. intended to convey that burisma was linked to the bidens. mr. holmes, you understood that bshg uri ishgburisma was c
he needs our support. he needs president putin to understand that america supports zelensky at the highest levels. so this is this doesn t end with the lifting of the security assistance hold. ukraine still needs us and as i said still fighting this war this very day. i would underscore as my colleague didnd so elegantly th got caught. that s the reason the aid was finally lifted. mr. goldman. thank you, mr. chairman. good morning to both of you. yesterday we heard testimony from ambassador gordon sondland from the european union who testified that president trump wanted ukraine to announce the investigations into biden, the bidens and burisma and the 2016 elections because they would benefit him politically and that he used the leverage of that white house meeting and the security assist tons pressure president zelensky to do so. dr. hill, you testified in mid
with president zelensky, is that right? that s correct. and you took notes at that meeting? yes, sir. and you reviewed those notes before you came here to testify today? yes. they were helpful to refresh your recollection as to what happened, is that right? they were, yes. during t that meeting, president zelensky said, that on his phone call with president trump the previous day, that three times president trump had mentioned sensitive issues. stu understand what president zelensky was referring to when he said the sensitive issues? i couldn t be sure what he was referring to until i later read the transcript of the july 25th call, but i was aware of various contacts between the three amigos and his government about the set of issues. after you read the call, what did you determine to be the sensitive issues that president zelensky referenced? the burisma/biden investigation. after the meeting with resident zelensky, you testified that ambassador
bidens?ri yes. now, are either dr. hill, are you aware of evidence to support the allegation against vice president biden? i m not. no. in fact, mr. holmes, the former prosecutor general of ukraine, who vice president biden encouraged to fire, was actually corrupt, is that right? correct. and was not pursuing corruption investigations and prosecutions, right? my understanding is that the prosecutor general at the time was not at that time pursuing investigations of burisma or the bidens. in fact, mroremoving that corrupt prosecutor general was part of the united states anti-corruption policy, is that