that brief you about the amount of money that hunter biden was being paid by barisma? no, this wasn t part of a briefing. i had sort of big, old books with questions that might come up. in preparation for your confirmation. and they thought that hunter biden s role at barisma might be significant enough that it would come up during your confirmation. is that correct? apparently so. i mean, there were hundreds of questions. well, hundreds of questions, but were there hundreds of companies? how many companies other than b barisma did the obama-biden state department prepare you to give answers for? if there were others, which ones? i just don t recall. you don t recall that there were any other companies, is that correct? i m quite sure there probably were some companies, but i i mean, you know, this is a while ago. i don t recall. but you specifically recall
was not watching the hearings or keeping a close eye on it. he told reporters he had not watched one minute as he was hosting erdogan at the white house. the president was being kept updated by his aides and staffers. and even derg the press conference, he was asked about one of the most crucial moments during that system. bill taylor was asked about when the president was asking about the investigations. the president said he had no recollection of that phone call. i don t recall. no, not at all. not even a little bit. reporter: the president complained about the inspector-general for the community, this one that reviewed the whistleblower s complaint and found it creditable enough to turn it over to congress. that jump-started where we are now. that comes after the new york
know about are giuliani associates lev parnas and igor fruman. here is what the president had to say about those two gentlemen. lev parnas and igor fruman? i don t know those gentlemen. it s possible i have a picture with them i have a picture with everybody. i have a picture with everybody here, but somebody said there may be a picture or something at a fund-raiser or somewhere. but i have pictures with everybody. i have i don t know if there s anybody i don t have pictures. i don t know them. i don t know about them. i don t know what they do. but i don t know. maybe they were clients of rudy. you would have to ask rudy. i just don t know. turns out they had more than just one picture together. k-file team turned out ten different instances where president trump interacted with these two folks. again the president tends to turn to this, i don t recall, i never knew them response when he gets into tight spots.
never heard it. do you recall having a conversation? i don t recall. no, not at all. not even a little bit. not even a little bit. not even a little bit does he recall speaking to sondland and knows nothing about it, but he does seem to remember telling sondland no quid pro quo? more out front with more on the historic testimony today. the momentous hearing gavelled into session. the impeachment inquiry into donald j. trump. ambassador bill taylor, trump s top diplomat in ukraine and george kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state laying out what they saw and heard as the trump administration held up military aid while demanding investigations into trump s political enemies. the odd push to make president zelensky publicly commit to investigations of burisma and alleged interference in the 2016 election showed how the official foreign policy of the united states was undercut by the irregular efforts led by mr. giuliani. reporter: taylor and kent testifying that rudy
hosting erdogan at the white house. the president was being kept updated by his aides and staffers. he was asked about one of the most crucial moments during that system. bill taylor was asked about when the president was asking about the investigations. the president said he had no recollection with that phone call. i don t recall. no, not at all. not even a little bit. reporter: the president complained about the inspector-general for the community, this one that reviewed the whistleblower s complaint and found it creditable enough to turn it over to kronk. th congress. the inspector-general, he picked for that job. it comes as the white house is saying they re not worried about this. they found this hearing to be boring.