Government and the Justice Department, thats the perfect way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president , correct . It is appropriate for the Justice Department and the prosecutor again to cooperate and exchange information, yes. To the extent the president had concerns and the Attorney General is having u. S. Attorney durham looking into that. Is that entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for should be in touch with our official challenge . I dont know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. Now, were you involved, either of you involved in the preparation for the 7 25 call . I was not. I was not. How do you account for that . I mean you were the two officials responsibility with ukrainian policies. If the president of the united
states having a call with the leader of ukraine, why would you not ordinarily be involved with the preparations. In preparations for a president ial phone call that lies within staff of the National Security council. If ther
i know you said you had an obvious 21st or 22 telephone call. that s correct. is that sort of the universe initiatives you took inside the state department to raise your concerns about thor regulaoor i channel. i raised concerns early on where i mentioned this phone call that was odd in that, it did not include the normal staff, professor sondland staff and that struck me as unusual. i con sukted with mr. kent and his sugts made a note of this. i think at thp point i had a