congress had appropriated for hem. so zelensky wasn t in a position of strength. but as for the call itself, it was not only a stunning deviation from the way things are supposed to be done ambassadors don t normally just ring up the president of the united states on an insecure cell phone. it also shows just how invested donald trump was in getting ukraine to very publicly investigate his potential 2020 political rival, former vice president biden. and next week, we will hear from the man on the other end of that call when gordon sondland testifies publicly on wednesday. joining me now is congressman joe neguse of colorado, who is a member of the house judiciary committee. and congressman, i want to start with that phone call. how unusual would it be for the ambassador to the eu and keep in mind that ukraine is not a part of the european union it s not an eu country would just call the president of the united states, let alone call on an insecure cell phone that anyone could t
agencies to do what they should be doing from a regulatory standpoint. in terms of getting more information, let s talk about the impeachment inquiry before we go. congressman lu specifically, do you believe that the process needs to be more open in order to help the american people know that it s fair? it s huge to see people go in for hours and hours of testimony, but we don t actually know what they re saying. republicans do, because their lawyers are in these rooms. the republican members are in these rooms. but the american people don t. we re going to release the transcripts when they re done. the witnesses actually have to approve the transcripts. we re in the fact-finding phase. the house is acting like a grand jury. and when you do an investigation you just don t do it in public. that s not what prosecutors do, it s not what the grand jury does. but at some point the transcripts will be released and the american public will see what these witnesses have said and then t
frins, trump says china talks are back on track, the trader made nearly $2 billion in profits. similar trades happened in august and september, sometimes just before trump made an announcement about china, and once just before drone s attacked saudi arabia. traders made out with nearly $4 billion in profits. ted lu and kathleen wright are talking about it in congress. taken alone it seems suspect, but if you know about the way trading works, the last ten minutes of trading way you see lots of macro books hedge, and they could hedge very big sides, why do you believe something nefarious is happening. thank you for your question. i m honored to be here. we re both former prosecutors.
that was done in secrecy and then the report was handed over to the judiciary committee. so this is not irregular behavior. the trump administration is trying to convince the american people that we re doing something in secret. but as former prosecutors, the general public, they know that investigations are done privately and then the findings are brought publicly and then the accused, if there are any, have the ability to respond. so this is totally normal procedure. and the american public should not be hoodwinked by this administration trying to taint this normal process that has happened before. a little historical perspective, dear america, this is how it works. congresswoman rice and congressman lu, thank you so much for joining me this morning. much or on mick mulvaney s stunning press conference yesterday. a former chief of staff will be here on just how absurd it all was.
whether it s true or false, he has the ability single handedly to move the market. and i also think it s important to look not at this incident, not just as an isolated incident, but in the larger environment of questionable activity by this administration. and people associated with it. bill cohen, the person who wrote the vanity fair article, reached out to the sec and they said show us the trades. a couple days later they came back to him and they said no comment. congressman lu, since you ve put this request in to launch an investigation, has the sec responded? normally these institutions do not respond when we make these requests, but we just wanted to make sure that they know that congress is watching and that they ve got a formal request and we expect them to do their job. i also note that people in the administration as well as in congress, we do get information. in fact, a republican congressman has been indicted and he had to resign from new