You are recognized. Thank you. Madame ambassador, like a hallmark movie. You ended up at georgetown, this is all okay. [laughter] but it was not your preference seven or eight months ago, correct . No, it was not. It was not your preference to be a victim of a Smear Campaign, was it . No. It was not your preference to be defamed by the president of the United States including today, was it . No. It wasnt your preference to be ousted at seemingly the pinnacle of your career, was it . No. You wanted to finish your extended tour, correct . I did. What did you want to do after that . Did you know . I was not sure. There is nothing wrong with georgetown, it is a fine place, right . It is a wonderful place. But it is your only choice at the end of a distinguished career after all of that. It is not the end of a hallmark movie. It is the end of a really bad reality tv show. Brought to you by someone who knows a lot about that. [laughter] why did you, you previously testified that you sought a
ukraine government about this? did you go say to some of these officials, you guys need to knock this off. their perception, the majority of ukrainian officials on hillary clinton side, did you have that conversation? no. you did not talk to anybody in the government? president pershing company? no. you did not alert anyone in n the government? no. one of the things we have heard so much over the last six weeks in the depositions and in the hearings on wednesday is how much importance bipartisan support is for ukraine. democrats and republicans agree that we want to help ukraine. in fact the democrats first witness on wednesday, mr. taylor said ukraine s most important asset is this bipartisan support. you agree with that? i do. he said this in his testimony on wednesday, on september 11th, i learned that the hold had been
zelensky is sworn in? yes. so my question we talk a lot about rudy giuliani, do we know what officials within the zelensky regime he actually met with? i know two, a gentleman by yermak who was a senior adviser. and we know of the former attorney general that we have already established here, was corrupt lutsenko. and he served under mr. zelensky for a couple of months. until august? that is correct. and their parliament voted him out, is that correct? yes, that is right. so if rudy giuliani is trying to influence the zelensky regime, what a guy that worked under the previous regime under pershing company, would he be the right guy to do it? are you saying mr. lutsenko?