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
read whats plainly before us. The president ial phone call where the president ignored the work of the advisers and the National Security council of Talking Points and instead chose to talk about the bidens a
president has authority in foreign policy to do what he likes. and in fact he does. you know, a recent precedent by president trump to take our troops out of syria and allow the turkish norsforces to go in literally meant that some kurdish families went to bed saturday night and woke up sunday morning, packed their kids and fled for their lives. a lot of people including both sides of the aisle totally disagreed with that. but the president has the authority to do it impulsive as that decision may have been, as unwise as it may have been and threatening to our national security. we re not talking about that here. and ambassador volker, i ve listened to your testimony and i take it and thank you for making efforts to try to advance what had been a bipartisan ukraine policy, help ukraine get rid of