Was one of the largest allegations . I believe it was the Largest National delegation. Included in that delegation was Secretary Perry. Secretary perry, ambassador sondland, myself, ron johnson was there, and at the u. S. Embassy at the time joe pennington. We have talked a little bit this morning, but the president zelenskys inauguration came together quickly . Did. We had three days notice in which to put the delegation together. There has been discussion whether the Vice President was going to lead that effort and as it turned out, he was not able to lead it. Do you have any information where the Vice President was unable to join . I dont. Mr. Morrison, do you have any information as to why the Vice President was unable to participate in the delegation . No. Ambassador volker, you testified during your deposition that aid in fact gets held up from time to time for a whole assortment of reasons, is that your understanding . That is true. Sometimes the holdups are rooted in something
May, i believe you testified it was one of the largest delegations . I believe it was. I cant be 100 sure but i believe it was the Largest National delegation. Okay. And included in the delegation was Secretary Perry. Secretary perry, ambassador sondland, myself and senator ron johnson was there and the target defair joe pennington. And we talked a little bit this morning but the president Zelensky Inauguration came together rather quickly. It did. I believe we had about three days notice in which to put the delegation together. And there is discussion about whether the Vice President would be able to lead that effort and as it turned out he was not able to lead it. Do you have any information as to why the Vice President was unable to join . I dont. And mr. Morrison, do you have any information as to why the Vice President was unable to participate in the delegation . No. Ambassador volker, you testified during your deposition that aid does, in fact, get held up from time to time for
a genuine reformer and that he was not running for office for self-enrichment and that he was, indeed, a good person. that is correct. during the may 23rd meeting with the president in the oval office, could you just relate to us the concerns the president articulated about the ukraine? yes. the president came into the meeting and immediately started speaking. he had just a string of comments that ukraine is a terrible place. they re all corrupt. they re terrible people. they tried to take me down. i tried to explain along with the others that were there, each of us took turns speaking, i tried to explain that president zelensky agrees with you, that he was elected because of that
president zelensky was a former, not running for office for self enrichment, that he was indeed a good person? that is correct. during the may 23rd meeting with the president and the oval office, can you relate to us the concerns that president articulated about ukraine? yes, the president came into the meeting and immediately started speaking, he had just a string of comments that ukraine is a terrible place. they are all corrupt, they are terrible people. they tried to take me down. i tried to explain along with the others that were there, each of us took turns speaking, i tried to explain that president zelensky agrees with you. that he was elected because of that situation in ukraine and