NO PRESSURE, NO YOU MUST DO THIS IN ORDER TO GET THIS.
>> NBC’S JOSH LEDDERMAN TAKES US
THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS.
>> SO WE’RE LOOKING AT THE
NINE-PAGE WHISTLE-BLOWER
NINE-PAGE WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT AND IT’S PAINTING HOW
SOMEONE IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY STARTED TO GROW
CONCERNED AFTER HEARING FROM
OTHER U.S. OFFICIALS ABOUT WHAT
HAD HAPPENED ON THIS CALL
BETWEEN TRUMP AND THE LEADER OF
UKRAINE.
UKRAINE. AND IT SAYS THAT MULTIPLE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIALS WITH DIRECT
KNOWLEDGE OF THE CALL INFORMED
ME THAT AFTER A FEW INITIAL
EXCHANGES OF PLEASANTRIES THE
PRESIDENT USED THE REMAINDER TO
ADVANCE HIS INTERESTS.
HE PRESSURED THE UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. SO HERE IS WHAT’S CAUSING SOME
HARM AND LEADING TO SOME SUGGEST
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A COVER-UP
HERE.
HERE. AFTER THIS PHONE CALL, THE WHITE
HOUSE OFFICIALS INTERVENED TO
LOCK DOWN THE RECORDS OF THE
CALL.
CALL. AND SAYS THIS SET OF ACTSHIPS
UNDERSCORES THE -- TO ME THAT
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS
UNDERSTOOD THE GRAVITY OF WHAT
HAD TRANSPIRED IN THE CALL AND
THAT’S NOT THE ONLY TIME THAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT
THERE’S THIS APPENDIX WHERE THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER ALSO SAYS THAT
ACCORDING TO WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIALS THEY SPOKE WITH THIS
WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME UNDER
THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT A
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSCRIPT WAS
PLACED INTO THIS CODE WORD LEVEL
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROTECTING POLITICALLY SENSITIVE
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. SO BASICALLY WHAT THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER IS SAYING IS YOU
HAVE A NORMAL COMPUTER SYSTEM
WHERE THE TRANSCRIPTS OF
PRESIDENTIAL CALLS GO OR NOTES
FROM THE CALLS AND INSTEAD, ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS AT LEAST THESE
CALLS HAVE BEEN PUT IN A
DIFFERENT SYSTEM WHERE EVEN
FEWER PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ACCESS
TO IT.
TO IT. WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW
THE TIME LINE OF THOSE EVENTS
UNFOLDED.
UNFOLDED. SO THE WHISTLE-BLOWER SAYS THAT
THE DAY AFTER THE TRUMP PHONE
CALL THAT THE U.S. SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR UKRAINE, THIS
IS A SPECIAL ENVOY, KURT VOLKER,
TRAVELLED TO KIEV, THE CAPITAL,
AND MET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKIY
AND OTHER PEOPLE AND IN THAT
MEETING, THEY HAD TO PROVIDE
ADVICE TO THE UKRAINIANS ON HOW
TO NAVIGATE THE DEMANDS OF --
THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD MADE OF
MR. ZELENSKIY.
MR. ZELENSKIY. THREE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN
QUICK SUCCESSION.
QUICK SUCCESSION. DAY ONE, MUELLER TESTIFIES
BEFORE CONGRESS AND IT’S
BASICALLY THE END OF THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION AND DEMOCRATS ARE
A LITTLE BIT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET
OUT OF THAT.
DAY TWO, TRUMP HAS THE PHONE
CALL WITH THE UKRAINIAN LEADER
IN WHICH ACCORDING TO WHAT THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER SAYS HE PRESSURED
THEM TO TRY TO INVESTIGATE JOE
BIDEN AND HIS SON.
DAUNT THREE, SENIOR U.S.
OFFICIALS GO OVER TO UKRAINE TO
MEET WITH THE UKRAINIANS TO HELP
THEM FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESPOND.
THE WHISTLE-BLOWER IS GIVING US
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT CONCERNS
THAT APPARENTLY WERE WIDESPREAD
AMONG STATE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER
U.S. OFFICIALS ABOUT WHAT
TRUMP’S PERSONAL LAWYER RUDY
GIULIANI WAS DOING IN UKRAINE.
WE KNOW FROM THE DOCUMENT THAT
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS INCLUDING AMBASSADORS
VOLCKER AND SONDLAND HAD TO
ACTUALLY TALK TO RUDY GIULIANI
IN AN ATTEMPT TO QUOTE, CONTAIN
THE DAMAGE TO U.S. NATIONAL
SECURITY THAT WAS TAKING PLACE
AS A RESULT OF WHAT RUDY
GIULIANI WAS TRYING TO DO WITH
THE DRAINIANS.
THE DRAINIANS. THE VERY LAST PAGE OF THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT GETS TO
THE HEART OF WHAT THE DEMOCRATS
WAS CLAIMING WAS A QUID PRO QUO
HERE.
HERE. THE IMPLICATION THAT THERE WOULD
BE NO ASSISTANCE TO THE
UKRAINIANS UNLESS THEY
INVESTIGATED JOE BIDEN.
THE BUDGET OFFICE HAD INFORMED
DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN THE
GOVERNMENT THAT THEY WOULD
SUSPEND ALL U.S. SECURITY
ASSISTANCE TO THE UKRAINE AND
NEITHER THE BUDGET OFFICE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE OR THE NATIONAL
SECURITY COUNCIL WHO WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE
DECISIONS KNEW WHY THIS
INSTRUCTION HAD BEEN ISSUED.
SO THERE’S A LOT OF NEW
INFORMATION HERE IN THE
DOCUMENTS BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT
WE DON’T KNOW.
AND THE WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT
ALSO REFERS TO A CLASSIFIED
APPENDIX TO THE REPORT WHICH IS
OBVIOUSLY NOT BEING MADE PUBLIC.
ALSO THERE ARE SOME REDACTIONS
THAT YOU CAN SEE.
PARTS WHERE THERE’S BLACKED OUT
INFORMATION THAT ARE NOT BEING
MADE PUBLIC.
MADE PUBLIC. EVEN IN THE WHISTLE-BLOWER
COMPLAINT THAT WAS RELEASED TO
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. SO LAWMAKERS WILL BE EAGER TO