They were not going to issue that statement that Rudy Giuliani wanted to include burisma and the 2016 elections there was no white house meeting. It soon became clear to them that the Security Assistance was also at risk and that took on a renewed importance for them. Well, following the 25th call, the July 25th Call, ambassador sondland and volker worked closely with mr. Giuliani and the ukrainians to help draft a statement that the president could make, president zelensky. Wasnt that right . Yes. And the report say they were closely and then also there were phone calls with the white house around the same time they were working closely do you know what that statement was supposed to say, according to mr. Giuliani and the u. S. Officials. The key difference is that it had to include that ukraine would do the investigations of burisma which equaled the Biden Investigation and the 2016
ukraine interference. Was there concern about doing the investigations or what . Just make a statement
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Were not going to issue that statement that Rudy Giuliani wanted to include burisma in the 2016 elections, there was no white house meeting. Soon became clear to them that the Security Assistance was also at risk and that took on a renewed importance for them. Following the July 25th Call, it had to include that they would do the investigations of burisma which equaled the Biden Investigation into the ukraine interference. Was their concern about doing
the investigations or what . Where they supposed to make a statement about it . Ambassador sondland very clearly testified that all he ever heard mr. Giuliani or anyone say is that they only needed the public announcement of the investigation. Without that Public Statement that there would be no white house meeting. Yes. I was struck by how clear the evidence seems to be on this point and id like to play another example. Was they were a quid pro quo . As i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call, the answer is
us today. this is a stunning abuse of power and a shameless travesty of justice that will stain the reputations of those responsible for generations to come. and god help our country if they should ever be given the power to replace our bill of rights with the doctrines they have improsed in this process. the democrats are fond of saying no one is above the law, they have one unspoken caveat, except for themselves. now the speaker has already short circuited what should be a solemn pain-staking and thorough and above all fair process by ordering her foot soldiers on this committee to draw up articles of impeachment without this committee hearing from a single fact witness. despite the fact that mr. schiff doesn t dare to appear before this committee to defend his work, we re supposed to accept his report at face value and obediently follow the speaker s orders. as the red queen declared,
this is a stunning abuse of power and a shameless travesty of justice that will stay in the reputations of those responsible for generations to come. and god help our country if they should ever be given the power to replace our bill of rights with the doctrines they have imposed in this process. the democrats are fond of saying no one is above the law, but they have one unspoken caveat except for themselves. speakers already short-circuited what should be a painstaking row and above all fair process by ordering foot soldiers on this community to draw up articles of impeachment without this committee hearing from a single fact witness. despite the fact that mr. schiff doesn t dare to appear before this committee to defend his work, we are supposed to accept his reported face battle and obediently followed the speakers orders. as the red queen declared,