he was shocked, i think, and that he sinking feeling? sinking feeling, correct. and then he went and talked to the lawyers at the direction of ambassador bolton. correct. and, mr. goldman, ambassador taylor also testified that he concluded that the military aid wasd conditioned on zelensky announcing the investigations. and he testified that this was a illogical, crazy, and wrong. is that right? that is what ambassador taylor testified to, yes. now, my colleagues have also pointed out that on september 9th, text message from sondland reflecting the president has been crystal clear that there is no quid pro quo. mr. goldman, am i correct that ambassador sondland has now testified that prior to sending his text, he, himself, came to believe that the aid was conditioned on the announcement of investigations? yes. ambassador sondland s subsequent public testimony revealed at
and that s absolutely appropriate. there you have it. bye early september the president s scheme was unraveling. on september 9th, the intelligence oversight and ve foreign affairs committee announced an investigationmm in mr. trump and mr. giuliani s efforts in ukraine. later the u same day the intelligence committee learned a whistle-blower filed a kplaint a month earlier related to some unknown issue, but by which the president and white house knewt wasid related to ukraine and ha been circulating among them for some fotime. then two days later on september 11th,ep in the face of growing publice and congressional scrutiny, president trump lifted hold on security assistance to seukraine. as with the implementation of the hold, no reason was provide but simply, president trump got caught so he released the aid. but even since this investigation began the president has demonstrated no contrition or acknowledgement
hearsay witnesses, complaints about f donald trump s foreign policy by people who think they are more important than a duly-elected president, and a whole lot of outright lies. and, yeah, two quotes from george washington and alexander hamilton. they are even dragging them through the mud. this is not a serious document. in fact, the only clear piece of relevant, clear, hard evidence is testimony from their one direct witness. that guy right there, ambassador gordon sondland. according to the report, quote, i am reading, on september 9th, sondland claimed the president answered an open question about what he wanted from ukraine with aned immediate denial. i want nothing. no quid pro quo. uh, that is the only person under the federal rules of evidence, not the hearsay witnesses or opinion witnesses, that is the only guy that could be a real witness in a real court of law. the others, inadmissible. and meanwhile, the mccranie
interesting. president trump isn t the only one clinging to that line of testimony. here are his republican defenders. on september 9th and most importantly reading from your deposition, you called president trump to ask him what do you want from ukraine? he responded, i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. i want zelensky to do the right thing. i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. i want zelensky to do the right thing. no quid pro quo. i want nothing. i want nothing. i want president zelensky to do the right thing. let me repeat. president trump said, i want nothing. there is no quid pro quo. oh, boy. no other witness testimony by the way has corroborated sondland s description of that call or if it ever actually happened. here to discuss, elie honig and aaron davis. gentlemen, i appreciate both of you joining us. thank you so much. aaron, i m going to start with you because you ve done a lot of reporting on this alleged call.
cannot locate it, but i m pretty sure i had the call on that day. i say to the ambassador in response, i want nothing. i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. tell zelensky, president zelensky, to do the right thing. hmm, he had to read that. interesting. president trump isn t the only one clinging to that line of testimony. here are his republican defenders. on september 9th and most importantly reading from your deposition, you called president trump to ask him what do you want from ukraine? he responded, i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. i want zelensky to do the right thing. i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. i want zelensky to do the right thing. no quid pro quo. i want nothing. i want nothing. i want president zelensky to do the right thing. let me repeat. president trump said, i want