coming? how s the attack on corruption going? no, he just says is he going to do the investigation? is zielinski gonna do the investigation? and sunderland says, yes he will do anything you want. he loves your. this the extent of his interest in the ukraine and they go on to talk about other things and then they hang up and david holmes turns to the ambassador and says, and language i will have to modify , to remove an expletive. he says something along the lines of does th the president give a blank about ukraine? and sunderland says no he doesn t give a blank about ukraine. he only cares about the big stuff like the investigation of the bidens that giuliani once. this is a million-dollar donor to the trump inaugural. admitting the president doesn t care about ukraine he doesn t care whether they get militarily dollars to defend themselves he doesn t care what position zelensky goes into in these investigations. he doesn t care about that. isn t that clear? it s a why he did
jeffries i have the honor of representing the eighth congressional district of new york in brooklyn and is one of the most diverse districts in the nation. in fact i have been told that i have the ninth most african-american district in the country and the 16th most jewish. here on the hill they have said is that complicated? but as my friend leon goldenberg says back home, you have the best of both worlds. in america, our diversity is a strength. it is not a weakness. one of the things that binds us together, all of us as americans regardless of race or religion of reason or sexual orientation or gender that we believe in the rule of law and a fair trial. supporting this amendment to support witness testimony including with respect to nick mulvaney. who has ever heard of a trial with no witnesses? that is exactly what some are contemplating here today. this amendment would address that fundamental flaw to ensure the trial includes testimony from a key witness , the president
but that is exactly what some are contemplating here today. this amendment would address that fundamental flaw, it would ensure the trial includes testimony from a key witness, the president s acting chief of staff and head of the office of management and budget. mc mulvaney. it would show the senate would consider his testimony immediately. let s discuss why the need to hear from mick mulvaney is so critical. leader mcconnell as resolution undercuts more than 200 years of senate impeachment trial practice. it departs from every impeachment trial conducted to date and goes against the senate s long-standing impeachment rules which contemplate the possibility of new witness testimony. in fact, it departs from any criminal or civil trial procedure in america. why should this president be held to a different standard? the proposed amendment for witness testimony is necessary in light of the president s determined effort to bury the evidence and cover up his corrupt abuse of powe
I wanted to confirm a Point Of Order is the rules of decorum. I dont believe the gentleman from florida meant to violate them and i give him the benefit of the doubt. More than once he referred to a new york lawyer. If he could explain what he meant i withdraw my Point Of Order. Thats not a recognizable Point Of Order. Mr. Chairman, Point Of Order regarding the schedule. There is no Point Of Order regarding the schedule. In this case, there is. Will you answer my question . The gentleman will suspend. There is no recognizable Point Of Order regarding the future schedule. Will you recognize that . No. Mrs. Mcbath is recognized. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to follow up on one part of President Trumps conduct. I asked our constitutional scholars about last week. The Investigative Committees found evidence President Trump
intimidated, threatened and tampered with prospective and actual witnesses in the Impeachment Inquiry, correct . Yes. It is a federal crime to intimidate or seek to i
The senate, good evening. My name is Michael Purpura. I serve as deputy counsel to the president. We strongly oppose the amendment and support the resolution. There is simply no need to alter the process on witness witnesses and documents from that of the clinton trial which was supported by this body 1000. At its core, this case is very simple and the key facts are undisputed. First, youve seen the transcripts which the president released transparently, unprecedentedly. There was no quid pro quo for anything. Security Assistance Funds arent even mentioned on the call. Second, president zelensky and the highest ranking officials in the Ukrainian Government repeatedly have said there was no quid pro quo and there was no pressure. Third, the ukrainians were not even aware of the pause in the aid at the time of the call and werent aware of it, did not become aware of it until more than a month later. Fourth, the only witnesses in the house record who actually spoke to the president about