conference was saying this is what senators and people in congress and other presidents do, though he says he didn t do it. is this i mean, to people who see this stuff in movies, you see mob bosses doing it, is this something presidents do? no, absolutely there is not something presidents do. presidents do not freeze aid to allies currently being invaded by adversaries, which is russia in the ukraine. he froze it. he wouldn t talk to the president of that country until the president agreed offline that he would have this conversation about biden and his son. and then he had the conversation said i ll have my personal attorney follow up with you. not his, you know, not somebody from within administration, his personal attorney. not somebody from the emba y embassy, not somebody from the treasury department. correct. rudy giuliani. exactly. and then not even restoring that aid until after this whistle
it s unclear what prosecution trump is talking about and there is no public evidence that joe biden s son hunter biden was himself under investigation. president zelensky then says the next prosecutor will look into the situation. specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue. president trump again says i will have mr. giuliani give you a call. this is now the fourth time he s brought up giuliani s name. the call ends with trump saying congratulations on a fantastic job you ve done. and a simple thank you from president zelensky and bye, bye. with that, as the backdrop, the whistle blower complaint landed in congress, the house and senate intelligence committee. sean patrick maloney sits on the panel. i spoke to him just before air time. congressman ma lonnie, obviously, the complaint is classified and there is certainly a lot you cannot say. you have read it. what was your overall reaction to what you read? well, as you point out, i can t discuss the details but i l
cooperation. he doesn t say no to trump s request for this favor. zelensky goes on to say i will personally tell you that one of my assistants spoke with mr. giuliani most recently. this confirms zelensky was already aware of giuliani s efforts to investigate both the manafort situation and the role that joe biden played in ukraine while his son hunter biden sat on the board of ukrainian company. zelensky then says i guarantee as the president of ukraine that all the investigations will be done openly and candidly. trump then asks zelensky to listen to giuliani and says i will ask him to call you along with the attorney general. trump is now heading attorney general barr to giuliani s quest to investigate a political rival of trumps and president trump then mentions joe biden by name. saying there s a lot of talk about biden s son. that biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that.
particular since essentially since he was in office and certainly, back in april there was a call and obviously, the involvement of giuliani. the president was talking repeatedly about the long day he had. he had meetings all day and been to the u.n. for three days. it seemed a bit rambling to say the least and there were just a lot of things which were not tru true. that s right. the president and joe biden and hunter biden for months and
basketball to ambassador of ukraine ousted and had information about this and concerns the whistle blower had how the recorders were being handled. do you see this as a long process with a lot of people needing to be interviewed? the thing that popped out at me about the memo that was released today was not just the president s disgraceful conduct. it was that he identified two people as his go betweens with the ukraine government. rudy giuliani and the attorney general of the united states who as we know heads the justice department that said this is outside the i.g. s jurisdiction. boy, if that s not a conflict, i don t know what is so bill barr has very tough questions to answer and he should recuse himself from any further involvement. appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. there is much more ahead including president trump s reaction to this and non-reaction, as well. the mood on capitol hill may