Hes one of the more influential officials in the ukraine, correct . Yes. I believe hes one of the few that stands with lutsenko and the zelensky administration. Yes, thats correct. Look k back at hing back a , hindsight, who was doing what . He was out to get him. He said some nasty things. Sometimes that happens on social media. And are you asking me whether it is appropriate, probably not. But i would say that minister ivankoff has been as well as others both in lutsenko and
zelensky administration have been a good partner to the United States as i think i told you before. Hes a practical man and looking for partners and getting the job done. I am shocked that social media would be the sight of negative comments. You certainly can understand that the president aware of the ministers statement and aware of what mr. Lutsenko was up to and these other elements that we have discussed, there are forms of reasonable bases to wonder why there are influential elements to the ukrainian establ
you testified with the obama state department, it was not generally about burisma in corruption, it was specifically about hunter biden and burisma, is that correct? yes, it is. from your testimony, is quote, the way the question was phrased in this model q&a was what can you tell us about hunter biden being named of the board of burisma. for millions of americans watching, president obama s state department was concerned of conflict och interests that they raised themselves while prepping the ambassador nominee before her confirmation. our colleagues and chair of the committee cried foul when we dare asking that question. lastly in my 20 seconds left, i want to get it on record. in terms of defensive lethal aid, that was not provided by president obama. it was provided by president trump? yes.