so i accepted what he was saying. mr. meadows was asking me what i was finding, if i was finding anything and i remember sharing with him that we weren t finding anything. what was mr. meadows reaction to that information? i believe the words he used were so there s no there there? good morning, i m andrea mitchell in washington. joined by katy tur and hallie jackson for our special msnbc coverage, taking you through all the new facts, stunning new videos and compelling testimony from the january 6th committee s first primetime hearing on thursday night. and looking forward to what we have in store in the coming weeks. among the major questions that we will be tackling, what evidence will the committee provide in subsequent hearings to place former president donald trump at the center of an attempted coup. allegedly using radical groups like the proud boys and oath keepers, whose leaders have been both been charged with seditious conspiracy to try to overthrow our go
Yes. Now, ambassador taylor also testified that and mr. Morrison both of them testified that you told them that President Trump said there was no quid pro quo which you also included in the text message that you referred. But then you went on and they had slight variations as to what you told them, but then you said that to ambassador taylor that president zelenskiy himself not the Prosecutor General needed to clear things up in public or there would be a stalemate. And mr. Morrison recounted something similar. You dont have any reason to doubt that both of their very similar recollections of the conversations they had with you, do you, ambassador sondland . Let me break that down, mr. Goldman. The text as i said about the no quid pro quo was my effort to respond to ambassador taylors
concerns to go to President Trump apparently ambassador taylor had access to Secretary Pompeo. He did not have access to President Trump so i made the phone call. I said what do you want . President trump
That a businessman would have knowledge is limited in any when he is about to sign a transaction. But if you go after his integrity, right, if you go check. And by that he clearly meant after his public service, if you go after his military record, that President Trump was youre done. Thinking about or had in front but chuck, isnt there a high stakes problem with that, for of him the possibility of providing Security Assistance to trump and the republicans to say, because then the next question is, okay, who does know ukraine. It was similar to writing a check to someone who youre what trump said . Bolton and trump. About to send. He used that analogy very and they dont want those folks to come before congress. I absolutely agree. Im saying if there is a path to clearly to indicate that this try and point out that he has limited knowledge, thats the would be this would require path and its a narrow one. Something. If that person owed him does it ultimately work . No, it doesnt. Right.
That from that may 23rd meeting. the first question i have is, were you aware of the anti-trump efforts by dnc operative alexander chalupa? i am not aware of it. is in 2017, there is a 2017 article that also quotes a ukrainian parliamentarian art demenco saying, quote, it was clear that they were supporting, meaning ukraine, supporting hillary clinton s candidacy and they did everything from organizing meetings with the clinton team to publicly supporting her to criticizing trump. i think that they simply didn t meet with the trump campaign because they thought hillary would win. the you know that ukrainian official by any chance stated there? i don t. were you aware the ukrainian
I think both you have said that and ambassador volker have said that from that may 23rd meeting. the first question i have is were you aware of the anti-trump efforts by dnc operative alexandra chalupa? i m not aware of it. so in 2000 there was a 2017 article that also quotes ukrainian parliamentarian art da men coe saying quote it was clear they were supporting meaning the ukraine, supporting hillary clinton s candidacy and they did everything from organizing meetings with the clinton team to publicly supporting her to criticizing trump. i think that they simply didn t meet with the trump campaign because they thought hillary would win. do you know that ukrainian official by any official i don t.