nunes and mr. solomon. all about this, i mean, drumming up this idea that the bidens are corrupt. right. and that ukraine interfered in the election. and leaves the first part, this idea ukraine interfered in the election completely debunked, right? also a talking point putin wants to advance. talked about it in february of 2017, and you have a conservative chattering classes advance this as well as folks on the hill. nunes among them. john kennedy, senator john kennedy seemed to advance this idea and had to pull back and something that the president also believes, too, and they feel like if this is true, this idea that ukraine was the one who actually meddled, then the president had every right to go to ukraine and say, where is this server? of course, it s all based on a lie, a conspiracy. and in fact, reporting this later in the show also, but the senate intelligence committee as i reported yesterday. exactly. right. looked into the ukraine allegations, interviewed forme
you aware that in february of 2017 vladimir putin himself promoted this theory of ukrainian interference in the 2016 election? you know, maybe i knew that once and have forgotten, but i m not familiar with it now. this an excerpt from a february 2nd, 2017, news conference with president putin and prime minister orban of hungary where putin says, second, as we all know during the presidential campaign in the united states the ukrainian government adopted a unilateral position in favor of one candidate. more than that, certain oligarchs certainly with the approval of the political leadership funded this candidate or female candidate to be more precise. mr. holmes, you spent three years as well in the u.s. embassy in russia. why would it be to vladimir putin s advantage to promote this theory of ukraine interference? first of all to deflect from
actors. it has become a hodgepodge. when the president speaks about it he s talking about the server and the crowd strike. a confusing mess. at its core this idea it s ukraine interfering not russians. that was the goal of russian intelligence to get into the american bloodstream. they appear to have succeeded. what do you think of the reporting? it s right on. without having seen or heard the briefing this comports exactly with what the russians would do. right after i think this all started about february of 2017. right after we publish our assessment saying russians meddled. well, what the russians do was try to deflect. put the blame on somebody else.
questioning marie yovanovitch there, he repeatedly over the course of the impeachment hearings raised this issue that the ukraine did it lie is something that vladimir putin himself has publicly promoted. colonel vindman, were you aware of a theory that ukraine had intervened or interfered in the 2016 u.s. election? i was. are you aware of any credible evidence to support this theory? i m not. are you also aware that vladimir putin had promoted this theory of ukrainian interference in the 2016 election? i am well aware of that fact. ambassador yovanovitch, are you aware in february of 2017 vladimir putin himself promoted this theory of ukrainian interference in the 2016 election? you know, maybe i knew that once and have forgotten, but i m not familiar with it now. this an excerpt from a february 2nd, 2017, news
are you also aware that vladimir putin had promoted this theory of ukrainian interference in the 2016 election? i am well aware of that fact. ambassador yovanovitch are you aware in february of 2017 vladimir putin himself promoted this theory of ukrainian interference in the 2016 election? you know, maybe i knew that once and have forgotten, but i m not familiar with it now. this an excerpt from a february 2, 2017, news conference with president putin and prime minister orban of hungary where putin says, second, as we all know during the presidential campaign in the united states the ukrainian government adopted a unilateral position in favor of one candidate. more than that, certain oligarchs certainly with the approval of the political leadership funded this candidate or female candidate to be more precise. mr. holmes, you spent three