ambassador sondland were in his office. and we asked him, i think, how was the call he? said the call was fine. i was happy with the call. okay. and did you get any additional readout subsequently? like when did you first learn that the call contained things that concerned you? was that not until september 25th? mr. morrison, as i say, briefed me several days later, before the end of july, and i think this is where i said in my testimony that he said it could have gone better. and he said that the call mentioned mr. giuliani. he also said that the call mentioned the former ambassador. both of those were concerning. giuliani was first raised on the call by president zelensky, correct? i don t recall. okay.
were in that meeting, yes, sir. now, around this same extent they are ukrainians time in mid july, did you doing improper things the have any discussions with ukrainians ought to investigate that themselves, ukrainian officials about these investigations? correct? mr. castor, the ukrainia ukrainian-american relations are very supportive. the ukrainians will i don t recall. let me show you a text certainly be responsive to message that you wrote on requests. so when the president on the call transcript of july 25th raises this with july 21st where you wrote president zelensky and he it again to ambassador urges that there be a sondland and volker. if you could just read what connection between the you wrote here on ukrainian government and the july 21st. justice department gordon, one thing kurt officially, i mean, that s and i talked about yesterday the appropriate way to raise an issue with the ukrainian was danylyuk s point that president, correct? it s appropriate fo
introduced conference late this afternoon with turkish president erewhon, president trump said he knew nothing about the july 26th telephone call ambassador bill taylor recalled in his testimony today. taylor saying and eight overheard the president ask ambassador gordon sondland what the status of the ukraine investigations were. i know nothing about that. first time i have heard it. the one thing i ve seen that sondland said was that he did speak to me for a brief moment and i said, no quid pro quo under any circumstances. that is true. i have never heard this in any event, it is more secondhand information but have never heard it. do you recall any conversations? i don t recall, not at all, not even a little bit. the only thing and i guess sondland has stayed with his testimony, there was no quid pro quo. pure and simple. the white house just missed taylor s new as hearsay of hearsay with no evidence of a quid pro quo come a pointing out
just been raised. on his cellphone from a guy in and ukrainians official were there? and ukrainian officials were kiev or keev i guess it is. in that meeting, yes, sir. around this same time frame, in july, did you have any discussions with ukrainian we re saying it wrong. official about these investigations? to the point about national security, because this is about what donald trump knew and when i don t recall. he knew it and whether or not well, let me show you a text it s an impeachable and message that you wrote on july something he ll be convicted for in the senate, we may 21st, where you wrote it, again, underreport the significance of the national security frame. to ambassador sondland and and what i would imagine the volker. national security hard wiring of if you could just read what you both these men. wrote here on july 21st. they are in government to gordon, one thing kurt and i protect and boost young talked about yesterday was sasha democracies on rus
i don t recall. it could been. i have it here if you would like it. yeah, it is on page 3. the first mention of rudy giuliani was president zelensky was on page 3. and president zelensky says i will personally tell you one of my assistants spoke with mr. rudy giuliani recently and we are hoping very much that mr. rudy giuliani will be able to travel to ukraine and we ll meet once he comes to ukraine. did that surprise you? again, i didn t have the transcript at the time. all i heard was rudy giuliani was mentioned but mr. martian says rudy giuliani was mentioned in the call. zelensky is looking forward to speak to america s mayor. that s what i found out when i read the transcript on the 25th of september or so. no, mr. kent, corruption in