Yes. Now, ambassador taylor also testified that and mr. Morrison both of them testified that you told them that President Trump said there was no quid pro quo which you also included in the text message that you referred. But then you went on and they had slight variations as to what you told them, but then you said that to ambassador taylor that president zelenskiy himself not the Prosecutor General needed to clear things up in public or there would be a stalemate. And mr. Morrison recounted something similar. You dont have any reason to doubt that both of their very similar recollections of the conversations they had with you, do you, ambassador sondland . Let me break that down, mr. Goldman. The text as i said about the no quid pro quo was my effort to respond to ambassador taylors
concerns to go to President Trump apparently ambassador taylor had access to Secretary Pompeo. He did not have access to President Trump so i made the phone call. I said what do you want . President trump
into the chamber and so, this is the protocol and nancy pelosi hasjust is the protocol and nancy pelosi has just announced which members of the house of representatives will be escorting president zelensky and that means this big moment for ukraine s wartime president andindeed for ukraine s wartime president and indeed destroyed meaning of the us congress is about to happen and we are about to see president zelensky be escorted here to the floor of the us house of representatives and jeffrey is with me now, what an overwhelming moment for president zelensky. it certainly is because look at what he has gone through. he was nearly deciding to stay in tf in the first is the war, nearly overrun by russian forces right outside the city and he served as a symbol to his people but is now serving as a symbol to all americans and people all around the world. this is how you stand up to oppression. it’s
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