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end of the fiscal year, we did and an analysis of what other countries were doing. and i can t remember if it was zero or near zero dollars from any european countries for lethal aid. you ve heard the president say we give them tanks and other countries give them pillows. that is right. as vocal at the europeans are about supporting ukraine, they are really, really stingy when it coming to lethal aid. they weren t helping ukraine and to this day are not. and the president did not like that. long answer, but i m still going. those were the driving factors. did he also mention to me that the corruption that related to the dnc server? absolutely. no question. but that is it. and that is why we held up the money. so the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he ordered to withhold funding to ukraine? the look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation. and that is approp ....
what we found out he is come i there would have been a new can t remember if it is zero or that never happened with me and they are. round of massive sanctions near $0 from any european county to the larger point of the against turkey. and you will see in the meeting one of the things you missed the president didn t want for lee legal aid. meet you for the president say to take the meeting. agreement that on the basis of we gave them tanks and they give he didn t want the phone call. them pillows. the pause of 120 hours, a that is absolutely right. that was rick perry was as vocal as the europeans are pushing for that. mick: at the end, he has cease-fire over the next five about supporting ukraine, they are really, really stingy when a courtesy extended at the time. it comes to legal aid. days, that we will not be they were not helping ukraine implementing additional he was never realistically sanctions during that period of and that is still to this day are not in the p ....
was the white house visit in return for the 2016 dnc server and burisma investigation. when you heard burisma, you did not see that as code for biden, the bidens? i did not. when did you even know that? is it your testimony that you only realized that burisma included the bidens when the readout came out? no, i really don t recall the date. it was very late in the game, though. september? i don t recall the date. so if i told you that the legal definition of bribery was an event of offering, giving, soliciting or receiving of any item of value as a means of influencing an action of an individual holding a public or legal duty, do you believe that not only was it quid pro quo, but it was bribery? i m not a lawyer and i m not going to characterize what something was or wasn t legally. you also said in your opening statement that secretary perry and yourself as well as ambassador volker worked with giuliani on the ukraine matter at express direction of the presi ....
return for the 2016 dnc server and burisma investigation. when you heard burisma, you didn t see it as code for biden, the bidens? i did not. when did you know that. your testimony saying that burisma included the biden s when the readout came out. my testimony wasn t specific with regards to the date. september? i don t recall the date. if i told you that the legal definition of bribery was an event of offering, giving, soliciting or receiving of any item of value and the means of influencing an action of an individual holding a public or legal duty. do you believe that not only was it quid pro quo but it was bribery. not a lawyer and i m not going to characterize what something was or wasn t legally. you also said in your opening statement that secretary perry and yourself, as well as ambassador volker worked with giuliani on the ukraine matter, and express direction of the president. is that right? you also go on to say that we did not want to work with gi ....
the ukrainian government adopted a unilateral position in favor of one candidate. more than that, certain oligarchs certainly with the approval of the political leadership funded this candidate or female candidate to be more precise. and if there was ever any doubt about who benefits from this unfounded theory put forward by president trump and his associates, president putin made it clear very recently when he said thank god no one is accusing us anymore of interfering in u.s. elections. now they re accusing ukraine. in the face of clear evidence, not only from intelligence community experts, but from his own national security team that russia, not ukraine, interfered in the 2016 election for the benefit of donald trump, president trump still pressed the ukrainian government to announce an investigation into this conspiracy theory. why? because it would help his own political standing. president trump even saukt sought to with hold an oval office meeting from the president ....