Order to secure the meeting with the president, which time, ambassador bolton cut the meeting short. i stated to ambassador sondland his statements were inappropriate. that the request to investigate biden and his son had nothing to do with national security and that such investigations was not something the nsc was going to get involved in or push. the house democrats are going to set up a vote this week to formalize impeachment procedures. more from manu raju. reporter: house democrats taking a step, make it very clear, they will have a posture in this inquiry. they are going to set the ground rules of what the next phase of the inquiry will look like. public hearings, release of the transcripts. and how evidence will be shared with the house judiciary committee. that is significant. the house judiciary committee is the panel that will first take a
It to the legal counsel of the nsc. correct action and further corroboration of the underlying facts. i want to read some of vindman s opening statement. he is recounting a conversation that he had with ambassador sondland following that july 10th meeting with ukrainian officials that included bolton, sondland and rick perry. sbafrd sonde land emphasized 2016 election,ed bidens and burisma. i sta id to ambassador sondland that his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate biden and his son had nothing to do with national security and that such investigations were not something the nsc was going to get involved in or push. few things this happening before the call, we re seeing an extended pressure campaign, it sounds like. yeah. i think we got to call it what it is, don. it s extortion. what they were seeking is to extort the president of ukraine in exchange for the resumption of military aid and a promised visit with the president of the
During which ambassador sdand emphasized. the bidens. i stated to ambassador sondland that his statements were inappropriate. that the request to investigate biden and the son had nothing to do with national security. and that such investigations were not something the ncs was going to get involved in or push. dr. hill entered the room and asserted his statements were inappropriate. and sondland testimony about that same meeting goes like this. but if ambassador bolton or hills or other harbor any misgivings about what we were doing they never shared those with me. then or later. these two statements are opposed. someone is not telling the truth. what a tangled web we weave. remember the idea they re so opposed, so is the policy that
Ambassador bolton cut the meeting short. he ll go on to say, i stated to ambassador sondland his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate biden and his son had nothing to do with national security and that such investigations were not something the nsc was going to get involved in or push. and this is the thing. tune out the noise. sworn testimony now from several witnesses, in espect corroborates the whistle-blower complaints. and also vindman now, his account corroborating what ambassador and military veteran bill taylor said in his sworn testimony as well quoting here. in the same july 19th phone call, they gave me an account of the july 10th meet with the ukrainian officials at the white house. they told me that ambassador sondland connected investigations with an oval office meeting for president zelensky which so irritated ambassador bolton that he abruptly ended the meeting telling dr. hill and mr. vindman they should have nothing to do with domestic poli
Investigations into the 2016 election, the bidens, and burisma. i stated to ambassador sondland that his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate biden and his son had nothing to do with national security and that such investigations were not something the nsc was going to get involved in or push. dr. hill then entered the room and asserted to ambassador sondland that his statements were inappropriate. following the debriefing meeting, i reported my concerns to the nsc s lead counsel, dr. hill, also reported the incident to the nsc s lead counsel. i mean this was reported to the nsc s top lawyer multiple times, director. exactly. and this army officer did as he s trained and what i m sure now for him is instinctive, which was to report his concerns to the proper authority up the command chain. and of course further reinforcement came from fiona