Campaign. He did not do that. And if he abused his power, most likely he would tell president zelensky that he was asking to help his president ial prospects . You would never engage in conduct nor explicitly say, in this case, president zelensky, im going to bribe you now, or im going to ask you for a bribe, or im now going to extort you. This is not the way these things work. Getting back to you, we talked about hunter biden. Hunter biden had been on the board of burisma going back to 2014, correct . Yes. President trump supported ukraine with aid and otherwise in both 2017 and 2018, correct . President trump has done a lot for ukraine. Yes. But sir, isnt it correct that
President Trump did not raise anything about hunter bid skpn his 2017 or 2018. He donnell thiidnt raise any o issues in 2017 or 2018 . I dont know that he did or he didnt. Thats not something we looked at. You have no evidence that he did, do you . No, but i have no efvidence e did not. This video is pretty remarkabl
That if he was acting corruptly, wrongfully, that it was unlikely he was going to confess to president zelensky that he was asking for the investigations explicitly to help his prospects . In my experience, you almost never have a defendant or someone who is engaging in misconduct who would ever explicitly say in this case, president zelensky, im going to bribe you now or im going to ask for a bribe for i am now going to extort you. That is not the way these things work. Thank you. And going back to you, you said hunter biden had been on the board going back to 2014, correct . Yes. President trump supported ukraine with aid and otherwise in both 2017 and 2018, correct . President trump has done a lot for the ukraine. Taking a break from the
hearing for breaking the news on the doj watchdog report. Has just out, Inspector General Michael Horowitz as anticipated, his longawaited report on the russia investigation. We are just getting it now, live at the Justice Department with what we ar
related to the bidens. and is that how mr. giuliani publicly referred to it often, is burisma and vice president biden, correct? yes. did the ukranians complain repeatedly that they didn t want to be a pawn in u.s. democratic politics by helping mr. trump s campaign by making such a statement. they said that in july. in august they didn t give a statement in large part because they had resolutions about engaging in u.s. domestic politics. i want to go back to you, mr. castor. you said that when president trump said to ambassador sondland on september 17th that he had no quid pro quo, you said he had no reason september 9th. september 9th, you said he had no reason to be any less than candid. that s what you said. no reason to be anything less than candid. let me show you, sir, what happened, though, on 5th.
investigation related to the bidens. and that is how mr. giuliani public referred to it as burisma and vice president biden. did the ukrainians complained repeatedly that they didn t want to be a pond in u.s. democratic politics by helping president trump s reelection campaign by making such a statement? they said that in july and august ultimately didn t get the statement in large part because they had reservations given that president zelensky was an anticorruption reformer. they had reservations about engaging in u.s. domestic politics, that is right. i want to go back to mr. castor. he was said when president trump said to ambassador sondland on september 17th that he had no quid pro quo, you said he had no reason september 9th he said he had no reason to be any less than candid. that s what you said. no reason to be less than candid. let me show you what happened on