Truth. Those facts. This is so far off field, this is ispolitical. This is totally political. And it is a dangerous moment for our country that the doj has i mean, doesnt the meeting on the tarmac with bill clinton and the airplane look quaint now . Actually, thats a perfect it looks quaint. We have been talking about what feels like a frantic publicrelations effort. Two statements released from william barr on a report hes had for some time. An extraordinary report about ao open,t ongoing investigation. Some of the most sensitive intelligence and Law Enforcement in our country. And now, guess whos weighing in . Guess. Guess. Guess. Donald j. Trump. Lets listen. Okay. Thank you very much. The ig report just came out. And i was just briefed on it and its a disgrace whats happened with respect to the things that were done to our country. It should never again happen to another president. It is incredible. Far worse than i would have ever thought possible. And its its an embarrassment to
for zelensky to say he will help investigation, right? yes. and address any specific personnel issues. and later that day after giuliani spoke with yermak, evidence suggested giuliani gave a green light to that july 25th call. then on the morning of the call, volkerl, texted zelensky aid yermak and that text to his aid said, and i quote, heard from white house assuming president z convinces trump he will bottom ate, get to the of whatig happened in 2016, we will nail down a visit, a day for visit to washington. and the transcript released by president trump shows trump request investigations and zelensky greechltz isn t that correct? yes. and that text message was actually a direction, a message relayed from president trump himself. and then after the july 25th call, members of the administration continued to follow up with ukrainian counterparts to prepare for the announcement of investigations. sondland texted volker about
a deliverable, necessary to get that meeting. isn t thato right? yes, and if i could just take a second to correct what mr. castor said about that meeting. there reallyth is no inconsiste statements about whether or not ambassador sondland raised the issue of investigations in connection to the white house. even ambassador volker, in his public testimony, was forced to admit that he did hear that. and he said it was inappropriate. and and, in fact, on july 19th, sondland told president zelensky directly that president trump wanted to hear a commitment to the investigations on the july 25th call. correct? that s right. that same day, sondland updated senior multiple trump administration officials that zelensky was, quote, prepared to receive potus s call and would offer assurances about the investigations. isn t that right?bo yes. and on that same day, state department official volker had breakfastl with rudy giuliani. and he reported to sondland by text message most importa
from the actual conduct. okay. i d liker d to ask some questi about the president s role in what ambassador bolton referred to as a drug deal. did the testimony and evidence compiled by thece intelligence committee establish the fact that, with respect to ukraine, rudy giuliani was at all times working on behalf of president trump?es yes. mr. giuliani said that. president trump said that to a number of other individuals. and then those individuals, ambassador sondland, ambassador volker, also said that. thank you. and on may 9th, 2019, rudy giuliani, on behalf of his client president trump, spoke with a new york times reporter about his planned trip to ukraine. and on that trip, he planned to meet with president zelensky, he said. andid urged and urge him to pursue investigations relating to the bidens and to the debunked theory that ukraine,