that ken vogel story, may have been the last count of it. then, they have buried this episode and it's not just because joe biden is now running for president. there's something deeper, it wasn't joe biden who named joe biden the point man on ukraine. this touches other people in the obama administration. john kerry certainly, his stepson was a partner of hunter biden's. there are many people who have their fingers in what appears to be bad ukraine issues. >> laura: andre was also listed in the visitor log in that original story in 2017. we are going to stay on this story and we think we will have a lot more. coming up, former attorney general jeff sessions, raymond arroyo, byron york, and tom bevan -- that is next. >> laura: republicans have been remarkably unified during the senate trial, only senator susan collins broke ranks and voted in favor of one out of the 11 amendments proposed by chuck schumer. jeff sessions observed with mitch mcconnell for nearly two decades and is also former attorney general. do expect republicans to stay unif

that ken vogel story, may have been the last count of it.hen, they have buried this episode and it's not just because joe biden is now running for president. there's something deeper, it wasn't joe biden who named joe biden the point man on ukraine. this touches other people in the obama administration. john kerry certainly, his stepson was a partner of hunter biden's. there are many people who have their fingers in what appears to be bad ukraine issues. >> laura: andre was also listed in the visitor log in that original story in 2017. we are going to stay on this story and we think we will have a lot more. coming up, former attorney general jeff sessions, raymond arroyo, byron york, and tom bevan -- that is next. >> laura: republicans have looking to get your business off to a fast start in the new year? it's go time! switch to comcast business and get fast internet on the nation's largest gig-speed network. plus, complete reliability with 4g lte backup. and, cloud-based security to help protect the devices on your network. greenlight your

this meeting in an email chain between state department staffers in "the new york times" reporter ken vogelained those emails exclusively. in examining archive visitor logs, we came across two names that piqued our interest. the first, the person who checked and the ukrainians into the white house the day of the meeting. that person has been identified as some by the impeachment whistle-blower second point, another 2016 meeting, he worked at the ukrainian embassy at the time and was quoted in a 2017 political article also by ken vogel explaining how he was forced to work with the dnc operative to hurt trump. he sought part two of our investigation last night and tonight he has decided to speak out. on being pressured to hobble trump's campaign, he told "the angle," i was told to work with the dnc operative, she asked me to help her get dirt on presidential candidate donald trump. i never coordinated any work with her or the dnc because i did not support the unethical orders to work and assist one party. he also provided these documents, a white house invite and a schedule of the meeting, li

look at ken vogel's reporting in "politico" from january 2017 and ask the house impeachment managers. but the idea that they're just going to blanket say that it was a debunked conspiracy theory that there were ukrainians interfering in the 206 -- 2016, when you look at the black ledger to take down a trump campaign official, the origins of the steele dossier and more. the we could piece with regards to burisma and biden, this is a corrupt ukrainian gas company hiring the son of the sitting vice president for at least $50,000 per month with yo ukraine -- no ukraine experience and no energy experience solely based, even by hunter biden's own admission, solely because of his last name. that's the only reason why he was hired. now, they were going through a corruption investigation, and they have a long history of corruption. they were going through a corruption investigation that was open at the time that, as vice president bragged about two years ago today, that he got the prosecutor in that case fired those are all facts. now, it's united states law, ukrainian assistance act from 2014

ken vogel, journalist for "the new york times" asked the state department about this meeting. he wanted more information about the meeting. "where u.s. support for prosecutions of burisma holdings in the united kingdom and ukraine were discussed." but the story never ran. around the time of the reported story, january 2016, meeting between the obama lustration and ukrainian officials took place according to a ukrainian press report as translated says "the u.s. department of state made it clear to the ukrainian authorities that it was linking the $1 million in loan guarantees to the dismissal of prosecutor general viktor shokin." now, we all know from the obama administration and from the words that vice president biden himself, he advocated from the prosecutor general's dismissal. there was ongoing investigation into the oligarch zlochevsky, the owner of burisma at the ti time. we know this, because on february 2nd, 2016, the ukrainian prosecutor general obtained a renewal of a court order to seize the ukrainian oligarchs assets. a post article published on 24th -- says the ol

, he wod at the ukrainian embassy at the time and was quoted in a 2017 political article also by ken vogellaining how he was forced to work with the dnc operative to hurt trump. he sought part two of our investigation last night and tonight he has decided to speak out. i'm being pressured to hobble trump 's campaign, he told "the angle," i was told to work with the dnc operative, she asked me to help her get dirt on presidential candidate donald trump. i never coordinated any work with her or the dnc because i did not support the unethical orders to work and assist one party. he also provided these documents, a white house invite and a schedule of the meeting, listing two names. one associated with the whistle-blower, whose name we blacked out and elizabeth, both from obama's nfc. he also told us that while the meeting was touted as a "prosecutor's training program," much of the conversation revolved around the bidens and burisma. it wasn't the ukrainians who brought up by it in and burisma. he said the representatives of the doj, u.s. embassy in kiev, and nfc staff raised the question of

ken vogel of the new york times.richard, do you think the democrats might be, republicans done this before too. if we only got bolton then -- you don't know what you are going to get ever. might be a good thing for them, might not be so good. >> i don't think bolton is going to be john dean. shannon: what about the idea of this push for witnesses one by one by one and the amendment? >> as regards hunter biden? >> regarding the process. >> i think democrats have done a great job preparing for today. if you hadn't followed things and you tuned in and sign an hour where there are putting up videos and graphics and had most of their presenters did a pretty good job and tied things together and pushed each hour of primetime as if somebody was tuning in who really was unfamiliar. i don't think the white house counsel did. they have the votes. >> they didn't want -- that is fair. adam schiff had his best day he ever had in politics. gentlemen, the biden campaign is dictating to reporters how to cover the biden family's ukra

ken vogel of "the new york times." richard, do you think the democrats might become of the republicans have done this before too. if we only got bolton, you all know what you're going to get, ever. might be a good thing for them. >> bolton, i don't think he is going to be -- if that is what you are thinking. >> laura: what about this push for witnesses one by one by one in the amendment? >> as regard to hunter biden? >> laura: this process, then i will get to hunter biden. >> i think the democrats have done a great job preparing for today. if you hadn't followed things and you tuned in, you saw an hour where they were putting up videos, putting up graphics, and they had most of their presenters actually did a pretty good job. they tied things together and they approached each hour of prime time as if somebody was tuning and who really was unfamiliar with the story appeared to be i agree with you, i think it was smart. >> sean: the white house counsel had the votes, they -- >> laura: i think that is actually fair. >> i

ken vogel, journalist for the "new york times" asked the state department about this meeting. he wanted more information about the meeting, quote, where u.s. support for prosecutions of burisma holdings and united kingdom and ukraine were discussed. but the story never ran. around the time of the reporting story, general 2016, meeting between the obama administration and ukrainian officials took place according to a ukrainian press report as translated said, quote, the u.s. department of state made it clear to the ukrainian authorities that it was linking the $1 billion in loan guarantees to the dismissal of prosecutor general viktor shokin, end quote. now we all know from the obama administration and from the words of vice president biden himself, he advocated for the prosecutor general dismissal. there was ongoing investigation into the oligarch zlochevsky, the owner of burisma, at the time. we know this because on februarn prosecutor general obtained a renewal of a court order to seize the ukrainian oligarchs assets. akhil post article published and were 16 says the oligarc

ken vogel, journalist for "the new york times" asked the state department about this meeting.ore information about this meeting, quote, where u.s. support for prosecutions of burisma holdings in the united kingdom and the u.s. were discussed. end quote. the story never ran. around the time of the reported story, january 2016, the meeting of the obama administration and the ukrainian officials took place according to a ukrainian press report as translated says, quote, the u.s. department of state made it clear to the ukrainian authorities that it was linking the $1 billion in loan guarantees to the dismissal of prosecutor general viktor shokin, end quote. now, we all know from the obama administration and the words of vice president biden himself he had advocated for prosecutor general's dismissal and there was ongoing investigation into the oligarch, the owner of burisma at the time. we know this, because on february 2nd, 2016, the ukrainian prosecutor general obtained a renewal of a court order to seize the ukrainian oligarch's assets. a "kiev post" article published on febru