President zelensky decided that they were not going to issue thatt statement that Rudy Giuliani wanted to include burisma in the 2016 elections, there was no white house meeting. It soon became clear to them that the Security Assistance was also at risk. And that took on a renewed importance for them. Well, following the 25th call, the t july 25th call, ambassador sondland and volker worked closely with mr. Giuliani and the ukrainians to help draft a statement that the president could make, president zelensky. Wasnt that right . Yes. And the report said they worked closely and there were also phone calls with the white house around the same time that they werear working closely. Do you know what that statement was supposed tou say according to mr. Giuliani and the u. S. Officials . Well, the key difference is that it had to include that ukraine would do the investigations of burisma which equalled theic Biden Investigatn in the 2016 ukraine
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women b working in law enforcement. another report by michael horowitz was critical of the fbi s handling of a wire tap application used early on in the wire probe. it did not find evidence that political bias affected how officials a conducting the investigation went about their jobs. case closed as far as the watchdog for the justice department isor concerned. and yet today the president s attorney general william barr is publicly challenging his own i.g. and the u.s. attorney barr hand-picked to conduct a similar probe into similar issues also sowing doubts around the conclusions in today s i.g. report. joining us now for his first interview since the report was released former fbi director jim comey. you were the target of a lot of those smears. but your first thoughts about what the reports concludes tha on the big question on the big smear levied by donald trump aboutr some sort of conspiracyr