Christopher steele to generate this steele dossier for several of them . At the time i did not know, but i understand from the media it is through gps fusion, and if that is not correct. And you know that there was a law firm involved, but did you know the source of the money . At the time, no, but i have read it in the post and in your colleagues, it is the dnc i am led to believe. And the Clinton Campaign . I dont know that for sure. Okay. Mr. Castor. Welcome back. I hope you had a sandwich or something delicious. You, too. And dr. Hill, thank you for your participation on the deposition october 14th, columbus day, and we were with you most of the day and we appreciate that. And mr. Holmes, too, and you are the late entrant into this situation, and things sure did escalate quickly. We spoke with you last friday night about a, what we thought was going to be a 30second vignette about a twominute phone call, and then it turns out you know, with your 40minute opener today, you have a lo
Volker saying i spoke to the president and ive spoke to the ukrainians, neither of which believe aid was conditioned, neither of which believed that the president was requiring it. And ambassador sondland, which said no one on the planet told him that that was the case. Thats the sole evidence. Ambassador sondland believed a meeting was conditioned upon investigations, ambassador volker who i think is a man of very significant integrity said that was not the case. Even if ambassador sondland is correct, that somebody and dr. Hill, you testified, and again its hearsay, you dont know, that supposedly mulvaney told him that, because he didnt testify to that, but lets say somebody besides the president told him that, you guys want to be the laughing stock of history to impeach a president of the United States because he didnt take a meeting. Oh, please, dear god. Please undertake that. Now, mr. Holmes, i got to tell you. Is there a question for dr. Hill . Mr. Holmes, in your testimony, you
The meeting will come to order. Chair now recognizes the Ranking Member or their counsel for the first round of their 45minute questions. I thank the gentleman. I want to get a few basic facts on the table of individuals that were involved in the 2016 election just to see who you know and who you have met with. So i will start with you, mr. Holmes. Have you met with or do you know Alexandra Chalupa . Could you turn your microphone on. No. Do you know nellie ohr . Have you met with nellie ohr . No. Bruce ohr . No. Glenn simpson . No. Thank you. Same question for you, dr. Hill. Do you know or have you met with Alexandra Chalupa . No. Nellie ohr . No. Bruce ohr . Only in the course of my previous position as a National Officer that he presided over the meetings i attended. A long time ago . Yes. Glenn simpson . No. Dr. Hill, in your testimony you said that in your deposition, excuse me, that Christopher Steele was your counterpart at one time. Is this correct. That is correct, yes. You te
New york, we want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Youre live in the cnn newsroom, we are days away from the start of public impeachment hearings and with evidence mounting, the president is doing everything he can to discredit the witnesses going before congress. There shouldnt be anything. There shouldnt be impeachment hearings is what i said so maybe they misconstrued it. What i say is read the transcript. Its all about the transcript. Theyre having people, ive never even heard of some of these people. I dont know who they are. And by the way, its all thirdhand knowledge, but regardless of what anyone says, read the transcript. Now, they want to have a transcript of the other call, the second call and im willing to provide that. Well probably give it to you on tuesday. Monday being a holiday. Well probably give it to you on tuesday, but we have another transcript coming out, which is very important. They asked for it. And i gladly give it. Theres nev