An investigation on a political rival . Mr. Morrison . In that hypothetical, no, i dont think he should do that. Yeah. And ambassador volker, im sure you agree. Yes. And the same would be true if it were a governor withholding the budget requests of the state police unless the state police agreed to conduct an investigation on a political rival. You would agree . Correct. Yes, sir. In your view is it any different for a member of congress . Of course not, right . Would you agree that the president has the same obligation as the mayor, as the governor, as the member of congress to not withhold aid unless he gets an investigation into a political rival, mr. Morrison . Yes, sir, i would agree with that hypothetical. I would agree. And were having a debate here both sides as to how to
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of the impeachment report that stands out from all the rest of it that i ve been thinking about all week suns the report came out, trying to figure out how important this is going to be in the end and how important this is going to be for what comes next, and it s a sentence that doesn t start with the behavior of the president. it s from page 9 of the report right up front at the beginning. quote, our investigation determined that this telephone call between president trump and the leader of ukraine was neither the start nor the end of president trump s efforts to bend u.s. foreign policy for his personal gain. rather, it was a dramatic crescendo within a month s long campaign driven by are president trump in which senior u.s. officials including the vice president, the secretary of state, the chief of staff, the secretary of energy and others were either knowledgeable of or active participants in an effort to extract from a foreign nation the personal political benefits sought by the
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