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
interference. But was there concern about doi
interference. but was there concern about doing the investigations or what? were they justns supposed to ma a statement about it? what? ambassador sondland very clearly testified that all he ever heard mr. giuliani or anyone say is that they only needed the public announcement of the investigations. and so did the committee find that without that public statement that there would be no white house meeting? yes. so i was struck by how cle the evidence seems to be on this point. and i d like to play another example.li was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously with regard tofi the requested white house call and the white house meeting, the answer is yes. everyone was in the loop. did he find that his role-played a role in the white house? the evidence showed that