26efth. 17 . Yes. What do you come to mean by yes, sir. They got. Security assistan, three e amigos. As well. They cudid. If i said that number was my understanding of ambassador sondlands use of around 270 million. That term thed three people in would that probably be accurate . Charge of ukraine policy during the summer was he, gordon sound about right . Sondland and ambassador volker did they get aid in fy 18 . And secretary perry. When did you come to learn yes, sir. Including security about mr. T giulianis role and assistance . Including security what do you consider his role to assistance. We already talked about the have been . Er i first heard about former javelins and antitank missiles mayor jewgiulianis interest in that they were not able to purchase in previous ukraine in january of this year. Administrations. Have they gotten Security Assistance in fy 19 . Yes, sir. Prior to the 400 million or that was a different phase than what happened during the so that were discussing
gave an interview to john pleasure of the president and that is without question. solomon then of the hill in early march and the campaign was everybody understands that. end quote. launched on march 20th. do you remember saying that? i do and it s true. a corrupt ukrainian president very clearly has that constitutional authority, correct? prosecutor gave an interview to he does. okay. a reporter in the united states well, most everybody apparently and made claims that the understands that. ambassador provided officials butde doesn t include house with a, quote, do not prosecute democrats. in the context of this impeachment inquiry, list. sir, do you have any reason to believe this is true? specifically addressing ambassador yovanovitch, who i know is a friend ofba yours, in i do not believe it was true. alleging an abuse of power in a what is the reputation of the man who made these allegations, sir? a politician of long nationally-televised interview, standing. a memb
ukraine to help them overcome a recognized for five minutes. ve thank you, mr. chairman. thank you,mr both, for your tru legacy of corruption in creating new institutions and much of what we ve been discussing w heroic efforts both today and today, which involved in a also throughout your careers. regular channel, was a request i would like to start with you that went against u.s. policy mr. kent. in your testimony, you said that that have have undermined the rule of law and our long-standing policy goals in ukraine, as in other countries you had in mid-august became in the post-soviet space. those policies which were clear to me that giuliani s indeed championed by ambassador efforts politically motivated yovanovitch. you also testified on october investigations were nowy 15th in the deposition about infecting u.s. engagement with fundamental reforms necessary ukraine, leveraging president for ukraine to fight corruption zelensky s desire for a white and to transform the country.
from chairman schiff. it s been released. he s lying because he has to. and as a matter of record, he he has to lie because because didn t. but he did find time to mention his political rival in 2020. you also answered in response to the question from mr. heinz that the threats and demands that you ve been f working on the ise house democrats are alleging. of corruption literally for if he didn t do that, he decades. couldn t possibly risk military i thank you for thatliy on beh of the american people. and indeed on october 15th, you aid. he would have to do anything he had to secure it. testified about long-standing the problem with that, the hole u.s. policy meant to combat corruption in the ukraine. in thatol argument is you have ask yourself, what did president championed by people such as former ambassador marie zelensky actually do to get the yovanovitch. aid? the answer is nothing. he did nothing. he didn t open any but, mr. kent, is it not true investigations. that ratherit t