Mean, thats the appropriate way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . Its appropriate for the Justice Department and the Prosecutor General to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. To the extent the president has concerns and to the extent the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham look into it, isnt it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say youn touch with our official channels . Mr. Castor, i dont know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. Now, were either of you involved with the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. How do you account for that . I mean, you were two of the key officials with responsibility for ukrainian policy. If the president of the United States is going to have a call with the leader of ukraine, why
wouldnt you ordinarily be involved with the preparation . Sir, we work for the Department Of State in an embassy overseas. Preparation for a president
blackmail. he told the l.a. times there was no pressure or blackmail from the united states. he told japan s kyoto news, i was never pressured, and there were no conditions being imposed. he told abc news and the bbc, i m against corruption. this is not corruption. it was just a call. the ukrainian president sitting in front of the world press and repeatedly, consistently ov lly and over again, no military aid being withheld, no knowledge, no quid pro quo, no pressure, no demands, no plethreats or corruption and unlike we ve heard from the democrats today that s not secondhand information, not hearsay what someone overhear and sondland say, that was his direct testimony. ambassador, do you have any evidence to suggest president zelensky was lying to the world press when he said those things?