stuff. did he explain what he meant by big stuff? well, i asked him, well, what kind of big stuff? we have big stuff going on here like with russia. he said no, big stuff like the biden investigation that mr. giuliani is pushing. i ve never seen anything like this in my foreign service career, someone at a lunch in a restaurant making a call on a cell phone to the president of the united states. holmes also said the administration continued to add conditions for ukraine to get what it wanted from the trump white house. something he said he learned from the current top diplomat in ukraine. on september 8th, ambassador taylor told me, quote, now they re insisting zelensky commit to the investigation in an interview with cnn. i was shocked the requirement was so specific and concrete. the next day, september 9th, three house committees opened their investigations. just yesterday sondland testified that on that very same day trump told him with regard
conditions for ukraine to get what it wanted from the trump white house. something he said he learned from the current top diplomat in ukraine. on september 8th, ambassadorc taylor told me, quote, now they re insisting zelensky commit to the investigation in an interview with cnn. i was shocked the requirement was so specific and concrete. the next day, september 9th, three house committees opened their investigations. just yesterday sondland testified that on that very same day trump told him with regard to ukraine, i want nothing. it s the argument the president wrote in sharpie yesterday on a pad that we all got to see and that a white house spokesman was echoing this evening on fox news. the president said i want nothing. what do you say to those who say it was right after the house opened their investigation and the president had just become aware that there was a whistleblower about this phone call? that s not true. despite the denial, those are the facts.
hill added she and her team felt sondland was keeping them out of the loop. and she said she now realizes he was working under a somewhat different mandate, and then she ever so gently painted this millionaire ambassador who did trumps bidding as a guy running an errand for the boss. i was upset with him that he wasn t fully telling us about all the meetings, and he said to me but i m briefing the president, mulvaney, secretary pompeo, and bolton. who else do i have to deal with? he was being involved in a domestic political errand, and we were involved in national foreign security policy. and they diverged. i did say i think this is all going to blow up, and here we are. and here we are. we also heard david holmes describe the famous phone call over a cell phone on july 26th. the call ambassador sondland had with president trump in an outdoor restaurant in ukraine, mind you. one day after the now equally famous phone call between trump and the new president of ukraine.
different mandate, and then she ever so gently painted this millionaire ambassador who did trumps bidding as a guy running an errand for the boss. i was supset with him that h wasn t fully telling us about all the meetings, and he said to me but i m briefing the president, mulvaney, secretary pompeo, and bolton. who else do i have to deal with? he was being involved in a domestic political errand, and we were involved in national foreign security policy. and they deverged. i did say i think this is all going to blow up, and here we are. and here we are. we also heard david holmes describe the famous phone call over a cell phone on july 26th. the call ambassador sondland had with president trump in an outdoor restaurant in ukraine, mind you.
a ton of people in social media couldn t help express imagine a world where fiona hill is secretary of state. i do want to run this clip for you. because it s a subject you know something about. she talked about powerful women in important jobs in the workplace. we ll talk about it on the other side. i had a bit of a blowup with ambassador sondland. i had a couple testy encounters with him. i was actually, to be honest, angry with him. and, you know, i hate to say it, but often when women show anger, it s not fully appreciated. it s often pushed onto emotional issues, perhaps, or deflected onto other people. refreshing to hear that from an author, ph.d. and lifelong expert. author, ph.d. and powerful, confident person who says right. this is what professional women