makes himself to president zelenski in a phone call in saying the aid is on the way. if he talked to the administration or their republican allies, they say the concerns had finally been tamped down. they had finally been assured by the ukrainian officials that they were going to change and they were committed to reform. if you talk to democrats or critic of the administration, they say it s much more nefarious than that and it had to do with much more than that. they were going to investigate what rudy giuliani was doing and the whistleblower complaint. i m going to pick up on the conversation in which the president allegedly said i want nothing, i don t want a quid pro quo. i presume that on this september 9th conversation, the president did not mention that that was the same day that we launched a congressional investigation into whether there was a quid pro
nothing, i want no quid pro quo. tell zelenski to do the right thing, something to that effect. i typed out a text to ambassador taylor and my reason for telling him this was simply to relay i ve gone as far as i can go. this was the final word that i heard from the president of the united states. i also said i think it s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. ambassador sondland responded five hours later that i was incorrect about president trump s intentions. ambassador sondland tried to explain mr. trump is a businessman. the businessman asks that person to pay up before signing the check. volker used the same language several hours later while we were together at the strategy conference. i argued to both that the explanation made no sense. ukrainians did not owe president trump anything. so, on september 11th, the aid is finally released. and this is a message that pence
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