European union. What does President Trump ask sondland the day after this call . What does the president want to know . Did he ask about ukraines efforts to battle corruption . Of course not. Did he ask how the war with russia was going . Not a chance. On the phone his voice loud enough for others to hear, President Trump asked sondland, so hes going to do the investigation . And the answer was clear, sondland assured trump that the ukrainian president was going to do it. And that he would do anything you asked him to. If that wasnt telling enough, my colleagues, in a conversation that followed, an american Diplomat Dining with sondland asked if it was true that President Trump didnt give a blank about ukraine . Sondland agreed saying president cared only about big stuff. The diplomat noted that there was big stuff in ukraine like a war with russia. And sondland replied that the president cared only about big stuff that benefits him personally like the Biden Investigation that mr. Giul
partisan games that hurt hardworking taxpayers. it s time for the american people to be congress-priority again. i urge my colleagues to join me in voting no and i yield back the balance of my time. gentleman from california. thank you, madam speaker. i am more than delighted to refer to the testimony ambassador volker and mr. morrison. ambassador volker who acknowledged that in retrospect he should ve recognized that when they were calling for investigations of burisma, it really meant the bidens and that to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political rival was wrong. happy to refer to his testimony as well as mr. morrison who went to the national security council lawyer immediately after he listened to that telephone call, and who also testified that he was informed by ambassador sondland that the president wanted zelensky in a public box, that he wanted him to be forced to go to the mic and announce
investigations trump was demanding. everything was dependent on such an announcement including security assistance. he said the president wanted zelensky in a public box about make ac public statement about ordering such investigations. reporter: he expressed alarm they might announce those investigations and the u.s. still might not come through with the funds. my name is they, the ukrainians give the v and don t get the assistance. the russians love it and i quit, and i was serious. as the funding phrase continued, taylor raised concerns again in december. ambassador sondland explained to me president trump is a businessman. a businessman signk to someone that owes him something he asks him to give it before signing the check. they did not owe him anything.
veteran, someone who served in the foreign service for decades, very credible. and they re going to move really quickly to the meat of it, chris. and i m told there are three things in particular from his closed door testimony they want to prompt him on that draw a direct line to trump. first, it s that gordon sondland or the eu ambassador told the ukrainians directly they weren t getting any money until they did a statement on burisma. that s that energy company linked to hunter biden. the president again, trump s name comes up every single time in this. the president wanted zelensky himself personally to go to the microphone and announce the investigation. he just wanted the announcement so he could muddy joe biden and that everything depended on that. the white house meeting, the military aid, everything. he wanted zelensky, quote, in a b box. these are things you re going to