needed validation and support, is that right. yes. according to the u.s. ambassador to ukraine and we have ambassador taylor s testimony up there. it wasn t until after ambassador sondland told them there would be a quote, stalemate, end quote until he agreed to announce the investigations that trump was demanding, correct. that is right, yes. and furthermore the committee heard testimony that the ukrainians felt they had, quote, no choice but to comply with president trump s demands, correct? that s right, yes. even after the aid was released. okay. in fact, when asked in front of president trump in september whether he felt pressured, president zelensky said, quote, i m sorry but i don t want to be involved to democratic open elections, elections of the usa, end quote. is that right? that sounds right if you re reading the quote, yes. okay. now the president and some of
right? writes. according to the u.s. investor to ukraine and we have ambassador taylor s testimony there, it wasn t until ambassador sondland told the ukrainians that there would be , but zelensky agreed to the investigations president trump was demanding, correct? that s right, yes. furthermore the committee heard testimonies that they felt they had no choice but to comply with president trump s demands. correct? yes, even after the aide was released. in fact, when asked of president trump in september whether he felt pressured, presidents lenski said, quote , i m sorry, i do not want to be involved in the elections of the usa. is that right? that sounds right if you are reading the quote. the president and some of his
u.s. validation and support. is that right? yes. now, according to the u.s. ambassadorhe to the ukraine, an we have ambassador taylor s testimony up there. it wasn t until after ambassador sondland told the ukrainians that there would be a, quote, stalemate, end quote, on the aid that zelensky agreed to announce the investigations that president trump was demanding. correct? that s right. yes. okay. and furthermore, the committee heard testimony that the ukrainians felt they had, quote, no choice but to but to comply with president trump s demands. correct? that s right. yes. even after the aid was released. okay. in fact, when asked in front of president trump in september whether he felt pressured, president zelensky said, quote, i m sorry, but i don t want to beso involved to democratic ope elections, elections of the usa. end quote. is that right? that that sounds right, if
inauguration, trump today insisted that he does not know sondland well and that he hasn t spoken to him much, and trump even noted that sondland previously supported another candidate. now, sondland was asked about the president trying to distance himself. his response, david? easy come, easy go. all right, mary bruce leading us off. mary, as you know, there was also something else the president zeroed in on. ambassador sondland s testimony today about a phone call he had with president trump in september. sondland asking the president, what do you want from ukraine? the president s answer? i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. i want zelensky to do the right thing, he said. the president coming before the cameras to say today that that phone call clears him, that, quote, it s all over. but tonight, democrats point out the day he said, i want no quid pro quo, the president very likely already knew of the whistle-blower s complaint and that the congressional investigations
in september. the white house gets zelensky to go on camera and say i felt no pressure. documents show completely otherwise. why do they keep lying? it s like having a bunch of five-year-olds that have knocked over the cookie jar and you re asking they re all lying to you and it s on the floor, we re going to find out. i ve got 12 video cameras in this kitchen. i m going i mean, all of this is as they say in the good book. it will be what is whispered in our will be shout from the mountain tops. like these everything that was said we are going to read. shouldn t these people that are testifying understand that it s all it s throughout the state department? no one can hide this. and if they lie, well, they may have a cell mate who has a tattoo of richard nixon on his back. you do get the appearance of a cover-up is hard to ignore here, and that s also one of the reasons why this is so politically damaging. but had is all not consequence