saddest things what the democrats are putting us through, you two guys who are here telling it straight, you both decided to step out of the government because of what these guys are doing and that is the sad thing. they are now stepping out of our government because of what these guys are doing and that is why mr. turner got so fired up and why i am so fired up because we appreciate what you guys did. i yield back. ambassador volker, i want to focus on the press statement that president trump and rudy giuliani wanted to make announcing the investigations to benefit president trump. on august 9th, ambassador and you had this exchange. morrison, ready to get dates as soon and yermak confirms.
bribery has occurred and that s what we don t ask those questions. for one thing you are also not aware of all the other facts that have been deduced during the investigation. thank you chairman. colonel vindman, you are in a july 10th meeting in ambassador bolton s office, correct? correct. in that meeting the ukrainians asked about when they would get their oval office meeting and ambassador sondland replied that they need to speak about ukraine delivering specific investigations in order to secure a meeting with the president. is that correct? that s correct. colonel vindman, did you learn why he cut the meeting short? and there was a different group
a meeting, so i was working and tracking that we needed to schedule a meeting. you are not endorsing the notion of president zelensky sending a message about investigations? is that your testimony. that is my testimony. ambassador volker, i want to jump ahead. after the aide was released, you went to the yes conference, right? in ukraine? are you aware that bassett or taylor, who testified based on quite detailed notes indicated that earlier, a few days before that ambassador sondland had told him that president trump is a businessman? and so before he writes a check, he likes to see people pay up, something to that effect? you are aware of that? i m unfamiliar with that
under fms. so the most lethal weapon that president trump provided to the ukrainians that president obama in his public national policy which he said was available to them should the russians have push their javelins? yes, sir. through that process. even with the pause and all of the stuff going on? yes, sir. associated press is reporting that an ambassador volker, you said earlier. they took two gunships and a tug and 21 sailors last november. and the russians have now given the 24 sailors back in september and the associated press is reporting today that they have been given the gun votes in the tug back. does that sound like the ukraine is inept at being able to negotiate with the russians because they are wounded by her actions? no, i would not say that the ukrainians are inept. thank you, sir. mr. chairman, i would like as a
general assembly. so i struggle to stay if he ever raised it, but not at the time of the 25 july phone call. i m switching gears a little bit. you strike me as a process guy. and it is nagging at me, because you characterized the ambassador sondland linking in whatever way it happened of aid to an investigation as the gordon problem. you said it caused you to roll your eyes. ambassador volker said it was everybody in the july 10th meeting felt it was inappropriate. john bolton characterizes it as the drug deal, so it seems like everybody in the room understands that there is a huge problem here. my understanding is that it would been normal course of business when you have in abbasid are out there going rogue as apparently there was consensus ambassador sondland was doing. that either john bolton or the secretary of state might bring them in.