the top diplomat in ukraine. the aide david holmes delivering this statement, a ten h page very detailed opening statement discussing exactly what has come out this week. he overheard a phone call between president trump and gordon sondland, the bas to the european union in which the president was calling for investigations into his political rival, joe biden. wanting ukraine specifically to launch the investigation. so i m going to read a portion of this opening stam that details the lunch that sondland had with president trump in which the president was calling for these investigations. so it says this. during the lunch. sondland said he was going to call president trump to give him an update. sondland placed a call on his b mobile phone and heard him announce himself several times a along the lines of gordon sondland, holding for the president. it appear ed he was being transferred through several layers. a switchboard was in assistance. i noticed sondland s demeanor change when he
table also knew ambassador sondland was speaking with the president. before i go on, i want to reiterate what he says here. i then heard president trump ask so he s going to do the investigation, referring to the investigation the president asked for the day before. the investigations of his political rival, sondland said he s going to do it add iing th president zelensky will do anything you ask him to. so i ll read more from this statement that discusses more about the conversation that the europe european union ambassador had. then it shifted to sondland s efforts on behalf of the president to assist a rapper who was jailed in sweden and i could only hear sondland s side of that part of the conversation. he told the president the rapper was kind of f-ed here and should have pled guilty. this is referring to another episode. he recommended the president would wait until after the sentencing or it will make it worse adding that the president should let him get sentenced, play the raci
witness had first-hand knowledge of key events. there are a number of events investigating which i cannot bring any first-hand knowledge. were you involved in the trump-zelensky phone called? i was not. are you involved in the possible military sales to ukraine will! i was not. i was not. did you ever talk to president trump in 2019? no, i have not. mick mulvaney? no, i have not. think you come ambassador. not sure what the ambassador is doing here today. juan: when president trump tweeted an attack on the former ambassador in the middle of the hearing. adam schiff then read the tweet. i will read one of these tweets. everywhere marie yovanovitch wentz turned bad, and the president in real-time time is
for most of next week we will continue engaging in the democratics day long tv spectacles instead of involving the problems that we were all sent to washington to address. we have a major trade agreement with canada and mexico ready for approval. awe deal that would create jobs and boost our funding. we have a job for the government that expires next week along with funding for men and women in uniform. we have been convened once again to topple a dually elected president. i ll note that five, five democratics on this committee, had voted to impeach this president before the trump zelensky phone call occurred. they have vowed to get rid of
really an incredible day for an incredible achievement. zelensky: thank you, we re looking forward to your visit of a high level delegation, no words that can describe our country, how warm our people are, and how tasty our food is. it would be best for you to see it for yourself. if you could come, that would be great so again i invite you to come. the president: i agree with you about your country. when i had ms. universe, ukraine was always very well represented with nice people. when you re settled, i would like to invite you to the white house. we ll have a lot to talk about but we re with you all of the way. zelensky: thank you for the invitation, we look forward to the visit, the whole team and i