Them in the right direction. Witnesses in the impeachment inquiry testified that the allegation of ukrainian influence in the 2016 election was appropriate to examine. Ambassador volker testified that he thought it was fine to investigate allegations about 2016 influence. Ambassador taylor said, for example, that the allegations surprised and disappointed him, on this record i do not believe one could conclude that President Trump had no legitimate basis to raise a concern about efforts by ukrainians to influence the 2016 election. Let me now turn to the first assertion that President Trump withheld a meeting with president zelensky as a way of pressuring him to investigate the former vp. Here it is important to note ukraines long, profound history of endemic corruption. Several witnesses during the inquiry have testified about these problems. Ambassador marie yovanovitch, for example, said ukraines corruption is not just prevalent but, frankly, is the system. Witnesses testified to ha
Correct . President trump has done a lot for ukraine. Yes. Sir, but isnt it correct that President Trump did not raise anything about hunter biden and fizz his father in 2017 or 2018 in only the year before his election in 2020 when both he and Vice President joe biden were leading candidates. Isnt that true, sir . I think what happened is the president saw this video of the former vp and i think it, it coalessed in his mind. Please answer my questions. He didnt raise any of these issues in 2017 or 2018. I dont know if he did or didnt. You have no evidence he did. No, but i have no evidence he did not. This video is pretty remark bable. Let me ask you this. You talk ed about Lieutenant Colonel vindman, a highly decorated purple heart recipient and work ed in the Trump Administration, correct . Yes, sir. He had a reaction to the call, didnt he . He did. He was list b benning to it, correct . He did. Lets look at his reaction. He said i immediately went to john eisenberg, the lead legal
Investors await sunday deadline for chinese tariffs but hovering near alltime highs if you look at last december, you have to won if root shoe that is going to drop, there is still a lot of question marks 16 trading days left in 2019 joining me president and cio of Wealth Management aaron and strategist capital ways, great to have you with us starting with you looking at market today, dow down 69 points ig report just out waiting for more news on china trade. Markets are tentative right now. I think a lot of this is awesome good week last week particularly, really high with job numbers on friday, i think a of pullback today is completely normal, particularly when we do have that that line to on sunday hovering over us. We are waiting for more news on china trade interesting because youve got the president saying look, i will wait until after election or next year to do Something Like have to, to ink a deal larry wlar la larry kudlow saying close to a deal looking for tariffs on sunday.
President nixon said a similar thing. That is not what the constitution provides. Thats not what the country demands. He does not have the right to do whatever he wants. Turning to the second concern, the betrayal of the power. The america people suffered when President Trump treated military aid that had been approved, tax payer dollars and tried to treat it as his own checkbook to further his own reelection chances. That reflects what the founders were concerned about. Finally corruption of our elections. The framers knew that corrupt leaders or leaders acting corruptly concentrate their pow powers to manipulate elections and under cut adversaries. They talked about it frequently. Thats why the framers thought it was a critical abuse and could support and lead to impeachment. The American People learned last election how dangerous foreign intervention in our elections can be. Let me show another clip from candidate trump on the campaign trail. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre
This is an actionable piece of evidence documenting the gross human rights violations. And we confront the Chinese State with our evidence. Hundreds of thousands of people are held in these camps across xinjiang. What youre telling me bears no relation to what ive seen. I am saying dont listen to fake news. Translation they came at 10 00pm at night and put me into a police van with bars on the windows. And drove me away. This man is a farmer with three children. He was taken in the night, and didnt come home for nearly a year. Translation they stripped me naked and put chains on my wrist. It was so frightening. They didnt see us as human beings. I didnt think id come out of this alive. His is the story of a Million People. Its happening right now in china. In detention camps like this, in the remote and troubled region of xinjiang. For the first time, we know the truth about what goes on behind these walls. Weve got this leaked Chinese Government document. It changes everything. This i