Dispute. Now turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on September 5th with senator with murphy. And he wanted johnson wanted the aid released so he calls the president and sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said im not ready to lift the aid. They had this Senator Johnson, he writes a tenpage letter, very detailed, and he gives some remarkable detail and i would like to read it. Its on page 6. I this is Senator Johnson speaking, he said i asked him whether there was some kind of
arran arrangement where ukraine would take some action and the hold would be lifted. Without hesitation, Senator Johnson says, President Trump immediately denied such an arrangement existed and he started cursing. He said, no way. President trump said no way. I would never do that. Who told you that . And Senator Johnson goes on to say that President Trumps reactionnt here was adamant, vehe
Now, turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on September 5th with senator murphy. And he wanted johnson wanted the aid released, he calls the president , he actually sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said, im not ready to lift the aid. And they had this Senator Johnson. He writes a ten page letter, very detailed. And he gives some remarkable deta detail. And id like to read it, its on page 6. I add this is Senator Johnson speaking, i asked him whether there was some kind of arrangement where ukraine would take some action and the hold would be lifted. Without hesitation Senator Johnson says, President Trump immediately denied such an arrangement existed. And he started cursing. And he said no way, President Trump said no way, i would never do that. Who told you that . And Senator Johnson goes on to say that President Trumps reaction here was adamant, vehement an
there was this whistle-blower complain the that was being withheld by the trump investigation. i made it clear that i didn t want to be part of a third impeachment inquiry, but the direct evidence is very damning. and the president hasn t offered any evidence to the contrary, we ve asked, subpoenaed, invited the president, and nothing has come forward if he had evidence of his innocence, why wouldn t he bring it forward? you know, this is a very serious matter, that strikes at the heart of our constitution. and it s a concern that we re here, but i heard over and over again that this is too fast. miss jackson lee and i were talking, we were both members of this committee during the clinton impeachment, that took 73 days, we re here on the 76th day, we need to proceed, and i thank you, mr. goldman for your hard work. i yield back, mr. chairman. without objection the hearing will stand in recess for 15
general notified the committee that there was this whistleblower complaint c that s beingth withheld by the trump administration. correct. well i ve made it clear throughout this investigation i didn t want to be a part of a third impeachment inquiry, but the direct evidence is very damming and the president hasn t offered any evidence to the cup temporariry. we ve asked, we ve subpoenaed, we ve invited the president and nothing has come forward if he had evidence of his innocence, why wouldn t he bring it forward? this is a very serious matter that strikes at the heart of our constitution andt it s a conce that we are here but i ve heard over and over again that this is too fast. miss jackson lee and i were talking, we were bother membersf this committee during the clinton impeachment that took 73 days. we re here on the 76th day. we need to proceed and i thank you for your hard work and presentation. i yield woback, mr. chairman.
welcome back to saturday night politics we are having a lot of fun. back to the wall. day 76 for cohen. michael cohen spends the 76th day in presentence. he is an unindicted coconspirator others you didn t need to be hue deanny once they opened the documents what was going on between hope hicks, donald trump junier, michael cohen. yet my friend sits in jail who committed the crime on behalf at the direction of and we have an unindicted coconspiratorer if he doesn t hold the white house, i day he goes out he might get indicted sam what do you hear from within the white house as far as they re concerned not concerned as of this point bass as of now it s closed i haven t spoke toen to the white house. i don t know why they have