President , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. But to the extent that the president has concerns and to the extent that the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say that you should be in touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kind of relations. Now, were you involved, either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. And how do you account for that . I mean, you were the two of the key officials with responsibility for ukrainian policy. If the president of the United States is going to have a call with the leader of the ukraine, why wouldnt
you ordinarily be involved with preparation . Sir, we work for the Department Of State in an embassy overseas and in preparation for a president ial phone
board of burisma in 2014. and you have read the call transcript. have you not? i have. and i have it in front of me but i haven t read it for about a month. is there any mention of the discussion with president trump and president zelensky oligarch la krzyzewski who seven years earlier had been self-dealing. to my knowledge, no. is there a discussion of awarding contracts to oneself or the corrupt acts in the 2012 to 2014 time frame. to the best of my knowledge, no. the president brings up crowdstrike, the server, and bidens; is that right? i see that here, yes. there was no discussion on that call of setting up an anti corruption court or looking into corruption among oligarchs or companies in general. the president s comments were focused on two things, 2016 and the bidens. am i right?