to u.s./ukraine relations. as for kurt volker, he was the first witness to testify in the impeachment probe. he denied participating in an effort to pressure ukraine, but text messages showed had he talked to ukrainian officials about launching investigations in exchange for a meeting with president trump. according to the new york times he s expected to tell lawmakers he did not realize others in trump s orbit were tying aid to investigations of democrats. he can t make that argument. puts himself in knots there. i think he needs to refresh his recollection and take another shot at it. because going halfway is not going to cut it. making standing in front those cameras and raising his right hand will change his mind. we have ryan goodman here. he recently took an in-depth
devin nunes dated yesterday, johnson writes this. a significant number of bureaucrats and staff members within the executive branch have never accepted president trump as legitimate and resent his unorthodox style and his intrusion on to their turf. they react by leaking to the press and participating in the ongoing effort to sabotage his policies and if possible remove his from office. it is entirely possible that vindman fits this profile. another hearing is scheduled for this afternoon, where we will hear testimony from president trump s former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker as well as tim morrison, a former white house national security official. volker was the first witness to testify in the impeachment probe. in fact, he denied participating in an effort to pressure ukraine but text messages he gave to congress show that he had talked to ukrainian officials about launching investigations in exchange for a meeting with president trump. according to the new york times, he
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and if someone trys we ll let you know. xfi advanced security. if it s connected, it s protected. call, click, or visit a store today. breaking news. damning new evidence, david hole also said that he overheard president trump asked about ukraine launching investigations on a phone call with eu ambassador and million dollar trump donor gordon sondland. holmes testified the ambassador said the president only cares about big stuff like the biden investigation. john kasich joins me. good to see you, john. give me your reaction from this opening statement, where he says he heard the president on the phone with ambassador sondland
second, the gop argues both presidents have said there was no pressure. nobody push it push me. reporter: before zelensky took office a source told cnn that he and his aids had a meeting in which they discussed the pressure they were already feeling to open investigations that the trump administration wanted. and there was $400 million in aid on the line. third, when the president spoke on july 25th, republicans say the ukraine government was not aware the aid was being held up but it wasn t just about aid. the ukrainians wanted a white house meeting as well and it was made clear in multiple conversations with the president s team before that call they would not get it unless they launched investigations. finally they argue the aid was released and the ukrainians got the meeting without ukraine launching investigations. when the aid was released, was there anything that was ever given to this president or the american people on behalf of any connection to releasing that aid