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
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schiff s spokesman acknowledged publicly that the outlines of the whistle-blower s accusations against the s president had bee disclosed to the house intelligence staff and shared with chairman schiff. mr. castor, is that disclosure and mr. bowlen s admission of that disclosure anywhere in this report? i don t remember seeing it. it s not. i think all members of congress should be held accountable during this impeachment process. and to that end, if i have made any falseve statements about th whistle-blower or the inspector general s testimony today, then i should be held accountable. the way to do that would be to release thee inspector general testimonyec or even just pages to 73. i would add that there is nothing in those pages that would t in any way identify or place at risk the whistle-blower s identity. nor would it reveal any information that in any way
his case. the list includes hunter biden, former vice president s son, as well as that anonymous intelligence whistle-blower that republicans have been clamoring for. the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff would need to approve any of the witnesses to have them come forward. he will give due consideration to the republican list. he says this inquiry is not and will not serve, however, as a vehicle to under take the same sham investigations into the bidens who courageously raised the national alarm. that seems a pretty clear message from the chairman that hunter bide skpepbt when and th whistle-blower will not be part of this investigation. the president will release the transcript of another call with the ukrainian president, the first call he had with zelensky