What weve been discussing w today, which involved in a regular channel, was a request that went against u. S. Policy that have have undermined the rule of law and our longstanding policy goals in ukraine, as in other countries in the postsoviet space. Those policies which were indeed championed by ambassador yovanovitch. You also testified on october 15th in the deposition about fundamental reforms necessary for ukraine to fight corruption and to transform the country. And you t cited the importance reforming certain institutions, notably was investigating President Trumps political opponents a part of those necessary reforms . Was it on that list of yours or indeed was it on any list . No, they werent. In fact, historically, is it not true that a major problem in the ukraine has been its misuse
of prosecutors, precisely to conduct investigation of political opponents. Thats a legacy i dare suggest from the soviet era when, as you stated in your testimony, prosecutors like the kgb were
can see, that what went on was just plain wrong. i yield back, mr. chairman. mr.ac jordan. thank you, mr. chairman. 55 days. 55 days between july 18th and september 11th that there was a delay on sending hard-earned tax dollars of the american people to ukraine. not talking any country. we re talking ukraine. ernst and young said one of the three most corrupt countries on the planet. our witness on friday, she testified in her deposition, corruption is not just prevalent in ukraine, it s the system. so our president said, time-out. time-out. let s check out this new guy. let s see if zelensky s the real deal. this newre guy who got elected april, whose party took power in july, let s seewe if he s legitimate. now, keep in mind, as has already been discussed, in 2018, president trump had already done