a member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. mr. sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. so your staff member overhears the president asking about the investigations meaning burisma and the bidens in 2016. and ambassador sondland told president trump that the ukrainians were ready to move forward? he did. well, that call took place just one day after president trump personally asked ukrainian president zelensky to dig up dirt on democrats. and that s the smoking gun conversation at the heart of course the impeachment drive. and now the first staffer who overheard trump s conversation, david holmes, is scheduled to testify in a closed session before the intelligence committee tomorrow. the washington post is also reporting late tonight that a white house budget officer is expected to break ranks and testify in the unfolding inquiry and could shed light on the freeze of that mi
this was a very strong message that americans are willing to provide more than blankets. this was the obama administration s approach. note this important fact. the security assistance was provided to ukraine without the ukrainians having done any of the things they were supposedly being blackmailed to do. so we re supposed to believe that president trump committed a terrible crime that never actually occurred and which the supposed victim denies ever happened. i d like to briefly speak about the core mistruth at the heart of the democrats impeachment drive. they claim the president tried to get the ukrainians to, quote, manufacture dirt against his political rivals. this is supported by precisely zero evidence. once again, the democrats simply made it up. let s consider the broader question about why president trump may have wanted answers to
blankets. this was the obama administration s approach. note this important fact. the security assistance was provided to ukraine without the ukrainians having done any of the things they were supposedly being blackmailed to do. so we re supposed to believe that president trump committed a terrible crime that never actually occurred, and which the supposed victim denies ever happened. i would like to briefly speak about the core mistruth at the heart of the democrats impeachment drive. they claim that the president tried to get the ukrainians to, quote, manufacture dirt. against his political rivals. this is supported by precisely zero evidence. once again, the democrats simply made it up. but let s consider the broader question about why president trump may have wanted answers to questions about ukraine meddling in 2016.
and a lot of people want to find president trump was the first out about that so whatever you president to see that ukraine was afforded javelin antitank weapons. this was a very strong message that americans are willing to provide more than blankets. can do with be great. this was the obama at that time biden was thene in. administration s approach. note this important fact. the security assistance was provided to ukraine without the ukrainians having done any of the things they were supposedly when vice president acted in being blackmailed to do. so we re supposed to believe ukraine, did he act in accordance with official u.s. that president trump committed a policy? he did. now, let s go then to the terrible crime that never last excerpts that i wanted to actually occurred and which the highlight, which is president zelensky speaking. supposed victim denies ever and he says, i also wanted to happened. thank you for your invitation to i would like to briefly speak visit the uni
literally yesterday he said we both denied it today so now they haven t actually said anything about it. but now reporting from the new york times reports that communication might be showing signs of strain. here s their quote. mr. trump angry with his coverage is aggravated with mr. barr for urging him to release a reconstructed transcript of the telephone call with ukraine s president at the center of the impeachment drive. that mr. trump on that call lumped him together with rudy giuliani, the president s private lawyer like interchangeable parts of his personal defense team. our whole team is back here at the table. and aaron blake joins us by satellite for the post right now. you make note of this that barr hasn t been shy about sticking his neck out for the president in the past. you ll remember the criticism he got following the mueller investigation for basically misframing the findings of robert mueller s report here. barr has been notably silent