President zelensky decided that they were not going to issue thatt statement that Rudy Giuliani wanted to include burisma in 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 t 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 said they worked closely and there were also phone calls with the white house around the same time that they werear working closely. Do you know what that statement was supposed tou say according to mr. Giuliani and the u. S. Officials . Well, the key difference is that it had to include that ukraine would do the investigations of burisma which equalled theic Biden Investigatn in the 2016 ukraine
interference. But was there concern about doi
mr. giuliani not only played a role but that he was essentially the president s agent. he was acting on behalf of the president expressing the president s wishes, desires. so what evidence did the committee find that corroborated the quote everyone was in the loop? well, ambassador sondland producednd for his public testimony. i think it s very important in light of the testimony from mr. castor a minute ago with mr. buck as to how many times that mr. sondland did not remember in his deposition. because, we agree, it was egregious. but the advantage of doing closed depositions is that mr.io sondland could not match hisla testimony. as other witnesses came in, then hee realized that he had to actually admit to more and more stuff. so he did admit to an email that included secretary pompeo, mulvaney i do want tope make a point before my time goes out. we have to think about what is