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
Would be lifted. Without hesitation, senator johnson says, President Trump immediately denies the arrangement existed and he started cursing. And he said, no way. President trump said no way. I would never do that. Who told you that . And senator johnson goes on to say that President Trumps reaction here was adamant, vehement, and angry. Senator johnson goes on to say as of october 31st, said youre going to like my decision in the has very important context on what the president s state of mind was, at least as he fully expecteou released after the 55 day pause. Right . Yes, absolutely. I want to thank you all for 75 minutes today. Been talking for approximately my wife thanks you as well. She likes when i do the talking when shes not around. Time permitting, four or five distinct areas. Theres a lot of facts the American People have not heard and theres a lot of contradictions in certain peoples testimony. Is that fair to say, mr. Castor . And id like to talk about some of the people
Talking about burden sharing and wanting the europeans to do more. But senator johnson was and President Trump they were pretty candid and they believe that allies like germany were laughing at us because we were so willing to spend the aid. Right. Now, theres been a lot of allegations that president zelensky is not being candid about feeling pressure from President Trump. And isnt i want true that he stated over and over publicly that he felt no pressure from President Trump . Is that true . Yeah. He said it consistently. He said it at the United Nations september 25th. He said it, you know, in three more news availability, including last week. I want to change subjects and talk about something that professor turley raised last week and that is the partisan nature of this investigation. And youre an experienced congressional investigator. Professor turley, hes no trump supporter. Thats right. He is a democrat. Thats right. And, but professor turley cautioned the that a par the at the
President trump did not implement, promote, u. S. Anticorruption policies. In fact, be president sought to pressure the government of ukraine to announce politically motivated investigations, lacking legitimate predication that the u. S. Government otherwise discourages and opposes as a matter of policy and around the world, in so doing, the president undermined u. S. Policy supporting anticorruption reform and the rule of law in ukraine at undermined u. S. National security. The evidence also show that President Trump copper mice the National Security of the United States . Yes. Fact seven says, by withholding vital military assistance and diplomatic support from a foreign partner government engaged in a military conflict instigated by russia, President Trump, mike National Security to advance his political interests. Did the evidence prove that President Trump engaged in a scheme to cover up his conduct and obstruct congressional investigations . Yes. From the outset. Act nine says,
The committee will reconvene. When we recessed we were about to hear from mr. Castor. Mr. Castor, youre recognized for 45 minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you for having me back, giving me the opportunity to testify about the evidence gathered during our impeachment inquiry. At the outset let me say the evidence does not support the allegations that my democrat colleagues have made. And i dont believe the evidence leads to the conclusions they suggest. Im hopeful to add some important perspective and context to the facts under discussion today. The chief allegation that the impeachment inquiry has been trying to assess over the last 66 days is this whether President Trump abused the power of his office through quid pro quo, extortion or whatever, by withholding a meeting or Security Assistance as a way of pressuring ukrainian president zelensky to investigate the president s political rival, former vp biden, for the president s political benefit in the upcoming election. The sec