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department that essentially says the president is above the director, therefore the president is not subject to the jurisdiction of the director, therefore it doesn t meet the definition of urgent concern, therefore the inspector general is done. the inspector general can t investigate anymore. that s the inspector general s reading of the department opinion, that he is no longer allowed to investigate this. is that your reading as well? chairman, not necessarily the president, but the allegation has to relate to the funding, administration, operation of an intelligence activity within the responsibility and the authority of the director of national intelligence. okay. i m just trying to get to whether the president is somehow beyond the reach of the law. no, sir. no person in this country is beyond the reach of the law. well, that s the way it should be but i m trying to figure out whether that s the way it is as a practical fact. the inspector general believes that b ....
department that essentially says the president is above the director. therefore, the president is not subject to the jurisdiction of the director. therefore, it doesn t meet the definition of urgent concern. therefore, the inspector general is done. the inspector general can t investigate anymore. that s the inspector general s reading of the public opinion, that he is no longer allowed to investigate this. is that your reading as well? not necessarily the president, but the allegation has to relate to the funding and operation ability with the director of national intelligence. i m trying to get to whether the president is somehow beyond the reach of the law. no, sir. no person in this country is beyond the reach of the law. that s the way it should be, but i m trying to figure out whether that s the way it is as a practical fact. the inspector general believes that based upon the opinion that you requested of the department of justice, he is no longer allowed to look ....
about fighting corruption, we should also say specifically, burisma in 2016. mr. yermak provided me a statement. i wanted to be assured that this statement would actually correct the perception that mr. giuliani had of ukraine and what they stand for now so that that would also be conveyed to president trump and solve this problem that i had observed with our may 23rd meeting with the president. the problem being that he is getting a bad set of information, a statement like this could potentially correct that. was mr. guiliani satisfied with the statement? no, he was not. he believed it needed to say burisma and 2016 specifically or else it would not be credible, would not mean anything. so in fact, mr. guiliani wanted a statement that referenced burisma and the 2016 elections explicitly. one that would benefit, essentially, president trump. it is to invest or come here is the text you sent to the ukrainian official on august august 13th. let s put that up on the screen. ....
giuliani. mr. giuliani said they thought ukraine should make a statement about fighting corruption and mr. yermac provided me a draft statement and i wanted to be assured that this statement would actually correct the perception that mr. giuliani had of ukraine and what they stand for now so that that would also be conveyed to president trump and solve this problem that i had observed with our may 23rd meeting with the president. the problem being that he s getting bad set of information. a statement like this could potentially correct that. so was mr. giuliani satisfied with this statement? no, he was not. why not? he believed it needed to say burisma and 2016 specifically or else it would not be credible, it would not mean anything. so in fact mr. giuliani wanted a statement that referenced burisma and 2016 elections explicitly. one that would benefit essentially president trump. mr. ambassador, here s the text you sent to the ukrainian official august 13th. you sa ....
ukraine had a statement about fighting corruption and mr. yermak would say burr mace in 2016. mr. yermak provided me a draft statement, and i wanted to be assured that this statement would actually correct the perception that mr. giuliani had of ukraine and what they stand for now so that that would also be conveyed to president trump and solve this problem that i d observed with our may 23rd meeting with the president. the problem that he s getting a bad set of information, statement like this could potentially correct that. so was mr. giuliani satisfied with this statement? no, he was not. why not? he believed that it needed to say burisma and 2016 specifically or else it would not be credible, it would not mean anything new. so, in fact, mr. jewel yagiu wanted it to state burisma and one specifically for president trump. mr. ambassador, here s the text you sent to the ukrainian official on august 13th, let s put that up on the screen. you said hi, andre. good talk ....