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>>> SO AS I MENTIONED A AT THE
TOP, I’M NOT SURE ANYONE IN THE
PUBLIC EXPECTED WE WERE GOING TO
GET NEW BIG DEAL FACTUAL
REVELATIONS FROM THE ITCHMPEACHM
SCANDAL TODAY, BUT SURPRISE YOU
CAN NEVER GET TOO COMFORTABLE
WITH THE STORY.
IT KEEPS GOING.
>> LAST FRIDAY A MEMBER OF MY
STAFF TOLD ME EVENTS THAT
OCCURRED ON JULY 26th.
WHILE AMBASSADOR VOLKER AND I
VISITED THE FRONT A MEMBER OF MY
STAFF ACCOMPANIED AMBASSADOR
SONDLAND, AMBASSADOR SONDLAND
MET WITH MR. YERBAC.
FOLLOWING THAT MEETING
AMBASSADOR SONDLAND CALLED
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TOLD HIM OF
HIS MEETINGS IN KIEV.
THE MEMBER OF MY STAFF COULD
HEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE
PHONE ASKING AMBASSADOR SONDLAND
ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS.
AMBASSADOR SONDLAND TOLD
PRESIDENT TRUMP THE UKRAINIANS
WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
FOLLOWING THE CALL WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE MEMBER OF
MY STAFF ASKED AMBASSADOR
SONDLAND WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
THOUGHT ABOUT UKRAINE.
AMBASSADOR SONDLAND RESPONDED
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP CARES MORE
ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS OF
BIDEN, WHICH JEWELGIULIANI WAS
PRESSING FOR.
PRESSING FOR. AT THE TIME I GAVE MY DEPOSITION
ON OCTOBER 22nd I WAS NOT AWARE
OF THIS INFORMATION.
I’M INCLUDING HERE FOR
COMPLETENESS.
COMPLETENESS. >> THIS WAS NOT KNOWN BEFORE
TODAY’S IMPEACHMENT HEARING.
WHAT AMBASSADOR BILL TAYLOR JUST
DESCRIBED THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED THE DAY AFTER THAT
PHONE CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND THE UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT, WHICH KICKED OFF THIS
WHOLE IMPEACHMENT SAGA.
THE DAY AFTER THAT CALL, GORDON
SONLDLAND
SONLDLAND SONDLAND, THE TRUMP INAUGURAL
DONOR AND ROOKIE DIPLOMAT, HE
CALLED PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM HIS
CELLPHONE FROM A RESTAURANT IN
UKRAINE, DING, DING, DING, RED
FLAG SIRENS GOING OFF IN THE
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE WORLD JUST
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. HE CALLS PRESIDENT TRUMP
PERSONALLY FROM HIS CELLPHONE
FROM A RESTAURANT IN UKRAINE.
AND AN EMBASSY STAFFER WHO’S
WITH HIM IN THE RESTAURANT IN
UKRAINE OVERHEARS ON THAT CALL
PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKING GORDON
SONDLAND ABOUT UKRAINE DOING
THESE INVESTIGATIONS THAT HE
WANTS.
WANTS. WHEN GORDON SONDLAND HANGS UP
THAT CALL WITH THE PRESIDENT,
THE STAFFER WHO’S SITTING THERE
WITH HIM TURNS TO HIM AND ASKS
HIM WHAT DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP
THINK ABOUT UKRAINE.
SONDLAND THEN REPORTEDLY TELLS
THE STAFF, QUOTE, PRESIDENT
TRUMP CARES MORE ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATIONS OF BIDEN.
THAT WAS NEW TODAY.
THE PRESIDENT PERSONALLY
FOLLOWING UP PERSONALLY AND
DIRECTLY WITH HIS GUY IN UKRAINE
ABOUT GETTING HIS BIDEN
INVESTIGATIONS.
INVESTIGATIONS. WHEN BILL TAYLOR DROPPED THAT
PROVERBIAL BOMB TODAY, HE SAID
THIS IS NEW INFORMATION.
HE SAID HE HAD NOT KNOWN THIS
WITH HE GAVE HIS EARLIER
DEPOSITION, AND HE SAID HE ASKED
HIS LAWYER TO NOTIFY THE
COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS NEW
INFORMATION AS SOON AS HE
LEARNED OF IT LAST FRIDAY.
HE ALSO SAID SINCE HIS COUNCIL
NOTIFIED THE COMMITTEE ABOUT
THIS NEW FACT NOT PREVIOUSLY IN
THE RECORD HE SAID HE BELIEVED
THE COMMITTEE WAS FOLLOWING UP
ON IT.
ON IT. INDEED THEY ARE.
NOW WE KNOW.
>> IN TERMS OF THE NEW
INFORMATION AMBASSADOR TAYLOR
GAVE TODAY ABOUT THIS
CONVERSATION THE DAY AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON THE PHONE
WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, IN
WHICH ONE OF AMBASSADOR TAYLOR’S
STAFF IS OVERHEARING A
CONVERSATION BETWEEN SONDLAND
AND THE PRESIDENT, AND THE
PRESIDENT IS SPEAKING LOUD
ENOUGH WHERE HE CAN HEAR PART OF
THE CONVERSATION.
THE CONVERSATION. AND THE PRESIDENT IS INTERESTED
IN WHETHER THE UKRAINIANS ARE
GOING TO DO THE INVESTIGATION,
AND SONDLAND ASSURES HIM THAT
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THERE IS AN EFFORT
APPARENTLY TO BY THE PRESIDENT’S
ALLIES THROW SONDLAND UNDER THE
BUS, THROW MULVANEY UNDER THE
BUS, IT THROW ANYBODY UNDER THE
BUS IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. WHAT THIS HAS INDICATED IS THAT
THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE COMING FROM
THE PRESIDENT ON DOWN.
I THINK THIS WITNESS IS
POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT, AND OF
COURSE WE ARE MOVING TO DEPOSE
THIS WITNESS, AND WE’VE ALREADY
SCHEDULED THEIR DEPOSITION.
>> NEW TESTIMONY, NEW REVELATION
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECT AND
PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT, NEW
WITNESS SCHEDULED TO GIVE A
DEPOSITION TO THE IMPEACHMENT
COMMITTEES THE DAY AFTER
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. THAT WITNESS WILL BE THE STAFFER
TO BILL TAYLOR WHO OVERHEARD