to attend the inauguration of the ukrainian president was just something that happened because the secret service hadn t done their job. she pushed back firmly saying she didn t know what the president s thinking was, but it was clear. we haven t said enough about ms. williams. she s here, she is also a firsthand witness to the call between donald trump and president zelensky. she says that while she listened to the call and she spoke about her concerns with her superior mr. kellogg, she did not have a conversation with the vice president. that s her testimony, right? right, and she put the record of the call in his briefing book. she put the transcript, the summary transcript there, too. she just doesn t know whether the vice president read them orbor not, but i think that s something we ll hear more about, right? typically if you re preparing a briefing book for your principal, the expectation is they ll know what s in there.
right? you were asked about whether in that meeting between the vice president zelensky, the bidens or burisma came up, and i think you said they did not, correct? thaet s correct, they did no come up. that bilateral meeting was a large meeting that involved two or three dozen people, wasn t? it was. in the context of this meeting with two or three dozen people, the vice president didn t bring up those investigations, correct? no, he did not bring up those investigations. he s never brought up those investigations. were you aware that immediately, and i mean immediately after that meeting broke up, ambassador sondland has said that he went over to mr. yermak one of the top advisers to zelensky and told yermak that if they wanted the military aid they were going to have to do these investigations or words to that effect? i was not aware at the time of any meetings, side meetings that ambassador sondland had following our the vice president s meeting with president zelens