Now, turning attention to the ron johnson letter if i may. Yes. On august 31st, Senator Johnson is getting ready to travel to ukraine on September 5th with senator murphy. And he wanted johnson wanted the aid released, he calls the president , he actually sought permission to be the bearer of good news. Right. The president said, im not ready to lift the aid. And they had this Senator Johnson. He writes a ten page letter, very detailed. And he gives some remarkable deta detail. And id like to read it, its on page 6. I add this is Senator Johnson speaking, i asked him whether there was some kind of arrangement where ukraine would take some action and the hold would be lifted. Without hesitation Senator Johnson says, President Trump immediately denied such an arrangement existed. And he started cursing. And he said no way, President Trump said no way, i would never do that. Who told you that . And Senator Johnson goes on to say that President Trumps reaction here was adamant, vehement an
raised were slightly different than don mcgann. cupperman is a national security official. cupper man, you know, filed the lawsuit seeking guidance. cupper man wasn t asking the court to tell him not to come testify. to the contrary, he was seeking the court s guide answer to facilitate his cooperation. and ultimately the committee with drew the subpoena. yet which raises questions on whether the committee is interested in getting to the bottom of some of these issues. right. instead the intelligence committee has chosen to rely on ambassador sondland and his testimony. i think they rely 600 times in their i tell you what i did, i on this point, i yesterday, i