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 id observed with our may 23rd meeting with the president. The problem that hes 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, heres the text you sent to the ukrainian official on august 13th, lets put that up on the screen. You said hi, andre. Good talking. Following is the
went to the lawyers, his brother, secretary kent and one other person that he wouldn t tell us and chairmanship wouldn t allow him to tell us. when i asked him why he did that he indicated the lawyers instructed him to do that and he tried to get ahold of you. is that fair? sir, i watched part of the proceedings this morning. i heard him say that, yes, sir. one thing chairman schiff point the out was that you, colonel venman s boss, also weren t to the lawyers but your reason for going to the lawyers was a little different, wasn t it? yes, sir. i think you had a few things that you and mr. castor talked about earlier in today s hearing, but i think at the top of your list you were concerned about the contents of the call leaking out, is that fair? yes, sir. and that s exactly what happened, isn t it? sir, i don t know i don t