A nonprofit nonpartisan place that has independent thinkers. So to sit here at new america and help to design the organization itself. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have done more in this last year that we have accomplished in a lifetime. As a filmmaker and bestselling author. You can see trump and his generals of what new america is. So not only to think independently, its almost for the country right now thats how it struck me. So right now and give you a chance to ask questions and then give you a little time for a book signing so with that with the unconventional questions so you say in the beginning that i am a former Government Official and with the assistant secretary so looking from the other side and to have their own agenda so can you walk us through particularly the situation you are writing about is unfolding in real time. Thank you for hosting this event. So you make mistakes all the time. And previously i want to know everything. Then youll never miss the boo
Assess over the last 76 days is this whether President Trump abused the power of his office through a quid pro quo robbery extortion or whatever by withholding a meeting or Security Assistance as a way of pressuring ukrainian president selenski to investigate the president s political rival former v. P. Biden for the president s political benefit in the upcoming election a secondary allegation that has been levied is whether President Trump obstructed congress during the inquiry. Evidence of taim during the inquiry does not support either of those allegations the republican report of evidence lays out the reasons in more detail but i will summarize i will begin with the substantive allegation about an abuse of power. The inquiry has returned no direct evidence of President Trump without a meeting or Security Assistance in order to pressure president alinsky to investigate former v. P. Biden witnesses who testified in the in korea have denied having awareness of criminal activity or eve
Order. Good afternoon, everyone. This is the sixth in a series of public hearings the committee will be holing as part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. There is a quorum present. We will proceed today in the same fashion as our other hearings. I will make an Opening Statement and the Ranking Member nunes will have the opportunity to make a statement and we will turn to our witnesses for their Opening Statements if they should choose to make one. For audience member, we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with this hearing. As chairman, ill make any necessary or take any necessary appropriate steps to maintain order and ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that, i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Tr
State for Political Affairs david hale. Order. Good afternoon, everyone. This is the sixth in a series of public hearings the committee will be holing as part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. There is a quorum present. We will proceed today in the same fashion as our other hearings. I will make an Opening Statement and the Ranking Member nunes will have the opportunity to make a statement and we will turn to our witnesses for their Opening Statements if they should choose to make one. For audience member, we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. Rep. Schiff the committee will come to order. This is the sixth in a series of hearings. There is a quorum present. We will proceed in the same fashion as the other hearings. We welcome you and respect your interest in being here. Ordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that, i now recognize myself to gi
Of the state. Senators, deputies, members of the government, state council, public chamber, governors, journalists, including foreign ones, are invited to the ceremony. This year, like last year, the message will include participants of a special military operation will be present. The topic of the president s speech is traditionally not announced in advance. Vladimir putin always personally works on the text, as press secretary Dmitry Peskov noted. Over the past few days, the head of state has held dozens of meetings and telephone conversations with ministers and deputy prime ministers. Departmental drivers. There are only a few hours left before the ceremony, final preparations are underway, and guests are about to start arriving. And Anton Vernitsky joins us. Anton, greetings and convey over to you. While we are not crowded here , maxim, there are still 3 hours before the start of the agreement of the message, i will say right away that this will happen, like last year here in gosti