this is very abnormal. normally a conversation like this you d want it widely disseminated. and now we can all work from that understanding which is the shared understanding of our country. by burying this phone collin a classifiedida classifi classified database they knew there was something wrong there. now the other country knows what happens and our diplomats, our national security apparatus is in the dark. so they are wondering what is going on, why is this country reacting the way that it is? it s actually quite a strong addition of a guilty conscience here. mr. morrison who s the top expert he s still at the national security counsel, i think he s on his way out, he s leaving tomorrow. it s striking all these people have been coming forward. you ve got some who are pursuing
his feet because now he works for the president of the united states of america. at least he was. we re not sure if that continues now while he s under arrest and awaiting trial. but this is just a remarkable thing that is plodding along, alongside what is happening on capitol hill with all the impeachment drama. there s this guy who s under arrest, he s facing more than 30 years in prison. he s charged with funneling illegal foreign money to the president s election effort and other republican campaigns. there are enough pictures of him with the president and the president s eldest son and the president s lawyer. i mean there s enough pictures of this guy with the president that you could make a deck of cards out of these photos. when this guy was first directed to appear before the impeachment proceedings of president trump he engaged one of president trump s russia lawyers initially to handle his defense. that lawyer john dowd you see on the right there then identified congress in w
awarded a purple heart for being wounded in combat. his name is lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. and we saw his opening remarks last night which were distributed by huz lawyers. we re now getting the first reports as to what colonel vindman said behind closed doors today. quote, white house ukraine expert sought to correct transcript of trump call. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman who heard president trump s july phone call with ukraine s president and was alarmed by it testified that he tried and failed to add key details that were left out of the white house s rough transcript of that call. it has been an interesting part of this impeachment inquiry. not just the president s behavior toward ukraine but the question of whether or not people inside the white house may have acted improperly in trying to basically cover up evidence of that by among other things securing the white house notes of that collin a secure
when they visit doral, he is awarding himself a contract. that is the president of the united states awarding his own company a contract for foreign leaders to spends money for our own government agencies, the secret service and others to spend money on his own self as well. harry, you ve made this point before about how this is an impeachment inquiry and not a legal prosecution. i can t wait until the sondland testimony. people around this are constantly calling the lawyers. bolton wants the nsc counsel to go about it. the department conducts an internal review. there are numerous break it appears the law is broken multiple times independent of the president as impeachable offenses. yeah, look, it s the modern government. lawyers are everywhere. so when something funky begins collin the lawyers. and they did it here. and the warning signs were continual. and of course the main way they avoided it was by outsourcing it
emoluments clause. he is awarding himself a contract. that is the president of the united states awarding his own company a contract for foreign leaders to spends money for our own government agencies, the secret service and others to spend money on his own self as well. harry, you ve made this point before about how this is an impeachme impeachment inquiry and not a legal prosecution. people around this are constantly calling the lawyers. bolton wants the nsc counsel to go about it. the department conducts an internal review. there are numerous break it appears the law is broken multiple times independent of the president as impeachable offenses. yeah, look, it s the modern government. lawyers are everywhere. so when something funky begins collin the lawyers. and they did it here. and the warning signs were