a quid pro quo. the senior u.s. diplomat in c w ukraine texted saying sondland responded, call me. on september 9th, taylor spelled out his concerns, as i said on the phone, i think it is crazy to withhold assistance for help with the political campaign. look at that, those words for a few minutes. 4 1/2 hours later, sondland replied, i believe you re incorrect about president trump s intentions, the president has been clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. sources say volcker told investigators yesterday he urged ukraine not to interfere in u.s. politics. the washington post reports volcker said he warned giuliani that you craukrainian claims we unreliable. today, michael atkinson will testify to the house panels behind closed doors.
clear. from this text in early august to rudy giuliani. hi, mr. mayor, had a good chat with yer macand he was pleated with your phone call and mentioned z making a statement. can we all get on the phone to make sure i advise z correctly as to what he should be saying. it would lay out how ukraine would pursue corruption into the 2016 election and a company hunter biden was involved in but that statement was never released. on august 30th the top american diplomat in ukraine william taylor tells volker that the president has canceled his trip to ukraine. the next day taylor text gordon sondland a donor and u.s. ambassador to the european union, are we now saying that security assistance and white house money are conditioned on investigations. sondland responds, call me. on september 9th, taylor again brings up the point as i said on the phone, i think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political
factual defense we ve been hearing for the last week by trump to have crumbled entirely. you say it s overwhelming. it s overwhelming if you are in a court of law. the problem is it who is the jury here, right? yes. but even still, when they start looking at this and it s such a serious picture of seeking out foreign interference and help after help and delaying things like foreign aid appropriated by the senate. you ve got to think at some point, you know, the republicans have to do what s in their constitutional really their constitutional oath which is say is this a qualified president. you know, the most there was one part of the text messages that you can t help but wonder. i m going to put up full screen five. are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? gordon sondland says, call me. then of course bill taylor then says this is all on september
are we now saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? sondlund responds, call me. on september 9th. taylor again raises concerns. he writes to sondlund, as i said on the phone i think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. more than four hours later and remarkably different tone than previous text, sondlund replies bill i believe you were incorrect about president trump s intentions. the president has been clear not. quid pro quos of any time. that on the same day congress launched an investigation into the whistle blower s complaint. two days later. the white house released ukraine aide. and those revealing sets of text messages were released after
9th. september 9th is a key date. any time someone says call me, they don t want to answer. so bill taylor says, as i said on the phone, i think it s craze is to withhold assistance for a political campaign. and then the ig officially notifies congress of a whistle-blower complaint. we know that happened on the same day as this text. all of a sudden in a legalistic way, gordon sondland writes, i believe you are incredible about president trump s intentions. the president has been clears. no quid pro quos of any kind. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is truly going to i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. give lisa kena or s.a. a call to discuss them. mast amazing here is if you read the text exchange, gordon sondland s texts never sound like this until the last second