My ambassador of assistance as well . They did. And if i said that number ambassador sondlands use of was circa in the military that term was that the three assistance around 270 million. Would that probably be people three people in accurate . Close. Charge of the ukrainian about right . Yeah. Did they get aid in policy. He ambassador volker and secretary perry. What did you come when did you come to learn about fy18 . Yes, sir. Including security mr. Giulianis role and what do you consider his role to assistance . Have been . Including Security Assistance. We have already talked about the javelins, the antitank missiles that they i heard about former mayor were not able to purchase in Previous Administrations. Giulianis interest in ukraine in january of this have they gotten Security Assistance in fy19 . Year. That was a different phase yes, sir. Prior to the 400 million than what happened during the summertime. Was it normal to have a or so that were discussing person who is a priva
was ubiquitous on 2019 on fox news and the internet ambassador taylor.we ve estan and twitter spear. ambassador taylor and mr. kent in all your time at the state department have you ever before seen an july 25th, both participant or instance where an ambassador was forced out by the less in the call have expressly stated there was no pressure, no president following a smear campaign of misinformation demand, no conditions, no orchestrated by the president s allies. blackmail, no corruption. i have not. nor i. i ask you again specifically mr. chairman, i yield back. about the quid pro quo even being possible. i think we ve agreed that it dr. wenstrup. thank you, mr. chairman. wasn t possible, quid pro quo mr. chairman, this should be easy, i m going to use a lot of your words from the involving military aid, given previous deposition as we go forward. president zelensky s knowledge. in your deposition, you spoke of support for ukraine to my knowledge, president zelensk
acting chief of staff mic mulvaney feels about aid because, on october 17, at a press conference, he discussed the hold on security assistance for ukraine. ambassador taylor, i would like you to listen to what he said. i will read it for you. it s in response to a question but to be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo. it is money will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happens as well. in response to that question, mr. mulvaney said mr. taylor, we do that all the time with foreign policy. my question, ambassador taylor, the president conditioning security assistance on an investigation into his political opponent prior to this administration, is this something we would do all the time? no, sir. why not? we condition assistance on issues that will improve
issue that would meet the conditionality. the dod did meet, say they met the certification. yes, sir. i think it may have within in the july time frame. thank you. so. it s interesting and curious that we re talking about hearsay evidence, that is extraordinary to me that the committee has been able to get as much information that they had, direct or hearsay, given the obstruction. you gentlemen were both asked by the state department not to appear for your depositions. is that correct? ? we both received i received initially a letter directing me not to appear. and once the committees issued a subpoena, i was under legal obligation to appear and i am here today under subpoena. ambassador, were you also asked not to be part of the deposition? mr. quigley, i was told by the state department don t appear under these circumstances, that was in the letter to me. and when i got the subpoena
for president of the united states, should they be immune from investigation? no one is above the law, sir. thank you. i agree with that i think we all would agree with that and yet some presume because some of the individuals we are talking about here were candidates that they re immune from any questions or any investigation. i think it s absurd, for heaven s sake those of us in public office, those of us who have find ourselves up for re-election all the time as a candidate. think think we have a higher standard, not immunity from asking these types of questions. the last thing and then i m going to yield my time. availability of funds. i m quoting from the ndaa in 2019. the languages wage is specific. availability of funds under assistance to ukraine, it has to be and what has to be certified? quote: for the purposeseasing . are you surprised that there would be questions about that it would be discussed