Government and the Justice Department, thats the perfect way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . It is appropriate for the Justice Department and the prosecutor again to cooperate and exchange information, yes. To the extent the president had concerns and the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham looking into that. Is that entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for should be in touch with our official challenge . I dont know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. Now, were you involved, either of you involved in the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. How do you account for that . I mean you were the two officials responsibility with ukrainian policies. If the president of the united
states having a call with the leader of ukraine, why would you not ordinarily be involved with the preparations. In preparations for a president ial phone call that lies within staff of the National Security council. If ther
one minute, please. master taylor, would you like to respond to the question? mr. ratcliffe, i am not here having to do with anything to decide about impeachment. that is not what either of us are here to do. can we restore the clock to one minute?th no,to but you can continue wh 22 seconds. mr. ambassador, i think everyone knowsas that house democrats have made up their mindde to impeach one president. the questionim that we ve just learned is whether or not they re prepared to impeach two. because, to be clear, if house democrats impeach president trump for a quid pro quo involving military qaid, they have to a call president zelens a liar. if they are making threats or demands, they have to call president zelensky a liar to do it. ifo they impeach president tru for blackmail or extortion or making threats or demand, they have to call president trump a liar to do it.