did the obama biden state department prepare you to give me answers for and if so if there were others which ones. i just don't recall you don't recall that there were any other companies is that correct i'm quite sure there probably were some companies but i i mean you know this is a while ago and i don't recall but you specifically recall. yes all right. out of thousands of companies in the ukraine the only one that you call the obama biden state department preparing to answer questions about was the one where the vice president's son was on the board is that fair. you understood from deputy assistant secretary george kent's testimony as it's been related to you that he testified a few days ago do you understand that that arrangement hunter biden's role on the board caused him enough concern that as he testified in his statement that in february of 2015 i raised my concern that hunter biden status as a board member could create the perception of a conflict of interest he went on to talk about the vice president's responsibilities over the ukraine or over ukraine ukrainian policy as o

how many companies other than b barisma did the obama-biden state department prepare you to give answers for? if there were others, which ones? >> i just don't recall. >> you don't recall that there were any other companies, is that correct? >> i'm quite sure there probably were some companies, but i -- i mean, you know, this is a while ago. i don't recall. >> but you specifically recall barisma? >> yes. >> all right. out of thousands of companies in the ukraine, the only one that you recall the obama-biden state department preparing you to answer questions about was the one where the vice president's son was on the board. is that fair? >> yes. >> you understood from deputy assistant secretary george kent's testimony as it's been related to you that he testified a few days ago, do you understand that that arrangement, hunter biden's role on the barisma board, caused him enough concern that as he testified in his statement that in february of 2015, "i raised my concern that hunter biden's status as a board member could create the the vice president's responsibilities over the ukraine -- o

how many companies other than burisma did the obama-biden state department prepare you to give answers for? if there were others, which on ones? >> i just don't recall. >> you don't recall that there were any other companies, is that correct? >> i'm quite sure that there were some companies. but you know, this is a while ago. i don't recall. >> but you specifically recall burisma? >> yes. >> all right, out of thousands of companies in the ukraine, the only one that you recall the obama-biden state department preparing you to answer questions about was the one where the vice president son is on the board? is that fair? >> yes. >> you understood from deputy assistant secretary george kent's testimony as it has been related to that he testified a few days ago, you understand that that arrangement, hunter biden's role on the burisma board caused him enough concern that as he testified in his statement that in february of 2015, i raised my concern that hunter biden's status as a board member could create the perception of a conflict of the ukraine -- ukrainian policy as one of those factors

how many companies did the obama-biden state department prepared you to get answers for? if so, if there were others, which once? >> i don't recall. >> you don't recall that there were any other companies? >> there probably were some this was eight while ago. i don't recall. >> but specifically recall teresa? >> yes. >> the only one you will recall, the obama biden with the vice president sons was on the board, there? yes. >> do you understand george kent testimony because it's been related to you, he testified a few days ago, you understand that arrangement, hunter binds to throw on the board cost him enough concerns that asking testified in his statement in february 2015, i raise my concern hunter biden's status rate the conflict of interest. he talked about his response abilities over ukraine policy is one of those. do you recall that? you agree with that? >> yes. >> it was a legitimate concern to raise? >> i think it could raise the appearance of conflict of interest. >> did you ever discuss that? >> i don't believe so. >> august 2016, prosecutor general fired by the

then in my line of questioning i wanted to highlight the obama state department was so concerned about conflicts of interest with hunter biden sitting on barisma's board that the obama state department, the first instance where ambassador yovanovitch had ever heard the word barisma. that's an important fact to note for all viewers here today. we'll continue asking about hunter biden's role on behalf of the millions of americans who want to know the answer to that question. on the whistle-blower, it is important to note adam schiff and i listed all instances of this. adam schiff was adamant hearing from the whistle-blower and changed when it became clear there was coordination between democratic staff and the whistle-blower before the whistle-blower complaint was issued. >> let me say two other quick things. thought we were in the public stage of this so-called impeachment inkwirpy yet here in a few minutes going back to the bunker in the basement of the capitol for another deposition the american people won't get to see. what they also haven't seen yet, four transcripts of people all right held. we cannot use that testimony

. >> out of thousands of companies in the ukraine the only one you recall the obama-biden state departmentparing you to answer questions about is the one where the vice president's son was on the board, is that fair? >> yesw. >> he tiftdified i raised hide concerns that hunter biden'sing position as a board member couldn't create the impression of conflict of interest. >> yes. >> was it a legitimate concern? >> sit could raise the appearance of a conflict of interest. >> it could raise the appearance of a conflict of interest. they spent enough time coaching her on this, so it was important enough for the last administration. but when the current president is interested in investigating the appearance of conflict of interest, that's out of bounds and apparently it's impeachable. lou: it's clear after the first three witnesses they produced this week for their star power in this inaugural of their impeachment theatrical production. it's clear not one had direct knowledge of anything, knew nothing firsthand, and frankly, this is -- they led with the strength -- this is only going to get furt

. >> out of thousands of companies in the ukraine the only one you recall the obama-biden state department preparing you to answer questions about is the one where the vice president's son was on the board, is that fair? >> yesw. >> he tiftdified i raised hide concerns that hunter biden'sing position as a board member couldn't create the impression of conflict of interest. >> yes. >> was it a legitimate concern? >> sit could raise the appearance of a conflict of interest. >> it could raise the appearance of a conflict of interest. they spent enough time coaching her on this, so it was important enough for the last administration. but when the current president is interested in investigating the appearance of conflict of interest, that's out of bounds and apparently it's impeachable. lou: it's clear after the first three witnesses they produced this week for their star power in this inaugural of their impeachment theatrical production. it's clear not one had direct knowledge of anything, knew nothing firsthand, and frankly, this is -- they led with the strength -- this is only going to get

testimony was, there are thousands of companies in ukraine and in preparation with the obama biden state departmentefed her on one company marie'withepstein around the moe company who is being investigated and the prosecutor who is investigating that was fired just hours after joe biden demand he be fired. the president has every right to take care that our laws are faithfully executed in the hunter biden contract with a case of corruption and totally appropriate for us to be looking at that relationship we ought to have that testimony in the impeachment trial that relates to questions about investigations. maria: the question becomes where is this all going, and this upcoming week you have a more witnesses coming down to testify and yet there is a strong belief out there that your colleagues on the left are railroaded this through and tried to get as much done as possible before thanksgiving and perhaps could beat the ig report, that is coming out which you look at the origins of the russian probe, that will come out as well. then we get to do wha respondent lindsey graham told me last week on the

and ron johnson are demanding documents from the state department that they believe will show burisma was using ties hunter biden to get meetings at the obama biden state department to lobby on marie smith's behalf as you suggested a moment ago so the bottom line is, you are not going to see adam schiff of these impeachment hearings digging into hunter biden and burisma but you have republicans who run the senate talking about starting their own investigations whether it's grassley and ron johnson or maybe even lindsey graham as chairman of the of the senate judiciary committee. >> sean: it's amazing. it's like boomer a number trickle. amazing how it works out. by the way, nice haircut pretty good to see you. thank you. if we have been asking for months, we are now told, i told you last week, my patience are pretty much shot and freda but hopefully it will pay off for the long delayed horwitz fisa abuse support we are now hearing could be as early as one week from today where they are telling me, my sources, the in other words, preventative front against the pfizer cord and sculpture evidence purposely withheld, circular reporting deceptive

. >> out of thousands of companies in the ukraine, the only one that you recall the obama biden state departmentcinct to answer questions about was the one where the vice president's son was on the board. is that fair? >> yes. >> as he testified in his statement, that in february of 2015, i raised my concern that hunter biden's status as a board member could create the perception of a conflict of interest. did you ever -- do you agree with that? >> yeah. >> that it was a legitimate concern to raise? >> i think that it would raise the appearance of a conflict of interest. >> sean: imagine that. a billion dollars if you fire the guy, you don't fire him, you don't get the billion. investigating his son being paid millions with zero experience. here now, author of the best-selling book "new york times" witch-hunt, fox news legal analyst and senior legal advisor to the trump 2020 campaign jenna ellis. gregg, let's again with you. let's get your thoughts on all of this. another hearsay witness. nothing to add whatsoever. nothing. but here we go again and, yet, did have to admit that about hunter and j

know are demanding from the state department, because they believe there are documents there showing that burisma really hired hunter biden and others to get meetings with obama-biden state department officials and diplomats. that raises all new questions about whether this was a board looking at corporate governance issues or whether in fact they were lobbying hunter biden's father and the obama-biden administration when remember, joe biden was overseeing all ukrainian policy, laura. >> laura: interesting. ed, thank you soefrp. it wasn't just the democrats ed, thank you so much. it wasn't just the democrats. the media played up the importance of acting >> the media also played up the importance of acting ukrainian ambassador bill taylor's testimony today. >> the democrats, they picked these two diplomats as their leadoff witnesses because they assumed they were the most effective, most credible. >> star witnesses where people like bill taylor and kent. >> bill taylor, i think, is a critical witness. >> but all it took was a republican secret weapon, congressman jim jordan who was just added to the intel committee, remember, to set the record straight. >> you

energy company, there are documents showing they were lobbying to get meetings at the obama/biden state departmenty were paying big money to hunter biden. wouldn't it be fair to get to the bottom of that? that's not about just in the past. joe biden's now running for president. >> look, if you want to is can joe biden that at the next debate, i'd have someone ask mr. biden that, fine. but again, the focus this week is on the actions that the president took. and no one is above the law, and clearly when you put your own personal and political interests above the national security of the united states, that is what the focus is this week on capitol hill. it's the republicans in the senate, the republicans in the house will, you know, will decide if they want to focus on hunter biden because they don't like the fact that his dad is running for president, fine. right now the focus is on whether or not the actions the president took constitutes impeachen offense. -- impeachable offense. ed: how is hunter biden's father who you just mentioned, how's he really doing? he goes out there and says, look, i'm

in my line of extending i wanted to highlight that the obama state department was so concerned with hunter biden sitting on the board, that the obama state department -- that was a first instance wend the lasseter had ever heard the word barrisma. keepe still going to asking about hunter biden's role with that company. and on the whistleblower, it is important to note that adam schiff and i listed all of the instances of this and in september, he was adamant that he hear from the whistleblower. first, i thought we were in the public stage of the so-called impeachment inquiry but in a few minutes, we are going back to the bunker in the basement of the capital for another deposition that the public will not get to see. what they have not seen yet are four transcripts. we cannot use that testimony in these proceedings. parts oflike to use the testimony from mr. morrison but we are prohibited under house rules from doing that. a good question for you to ask mr. schiff is when will he release those transcripts? hisnce the president sent tweet, didn't that undercut what you were trying to do in the he

biden's, you know, being named to the board of burisma?" so for the millions of americans watching, president obama's own state department was so concerned about potential conflicts of interest from hunter biden's role at burisma that they raised it themselves while prepping this wonderful ambassador nominee before her confirmation. and yet, our democratic colleagues and the chairman of this committee cry foul when we dare ask that same question that the obama state department was so concerned about, but we will continue asking it. and lastly, in my 20 seconds left, i just want to get it on record. in terms of the defensive lethal aid which you were an advocate for, that was not provided by president obama, it was provided by president trump. yovanovitch: that's correct. stefanik: i yield back five seconds. schiff: mr. himes, you're recognized. himes: ambassador, thank you for your testimony today. those of us who sit up here are supposed to be dispassionate and judicial and measured, but i'm angry. and i've been angry since i learned about your summary and unexplained dismissal after a lifetime of excellent and faithful service to this countr

in my line of questioning, i wanted to highlight the obama state department was so concerned about conflicts of interest with hunter biden sitting on burisma's board that the obama state department, that was the first instance where ambassador yovanovitch had ever heard the word burisma. that is an important facts and overall of the viewers here today, so we will continue ask the about hunter biden role for alloard of burisma, americans and want to know the answer to that question to it all the whistleblower, it is important to know that adam schiffand i -- adam initially in september said he was adamant about hearing from the whistleblower, and it only change when it became clear there was coordination between democratic staff and the whistleblower, before the whistleblower complaint was issued. rep. jordan: let me say to other real quick things. first, i thought we were in the public stage of this so-called impeachment inquiry, the yet in a few minutes, we going back into the bunker in the basement of the capital for a deposition the american people will not get to see. what they also have not seen yet are four transcr

how many companies, other than burisma, did the obama-biden state department prepare you to give answers for? if so, if there were others, with once? ms. yovanovitch: i just don't recall. rep. ratcliffe: you don't recall that there were any other companies, is that correct? i am sure that: there probably were other companies, but i don't recall. rep. ratcliffe: but you specifically recall burisma? ms. yovanovitch: right. rep. ratcliffe: out of thousands of companies in the ukraine, the only one you recall the obama-biden state department requiring you to answer questions about is the one where hunter biden's son was on the board, is that fair? ms. yovanovitch: yes. rep. ratcliffe: you understood, from deputy assistant secretary george ken's testimony, as has been related to you, you understand that arrangement, hunter biden's role caused himsma board, enough concern that as he testified in his statement, in february of 2015, i raised my concern that hunter biden's status as a board member could present a conflict of interest. do you recall that? ms. yovanovitch: no. rep. ratcliffe: do yo

break john solomon, we now have our hands on yet another document shocking between the obama state department, joe biden and hunter biden's very lucrative position with no experience at all at burisma holdings in ukraine. now compliments of solomon and the freedom of information act. newly retained memos of june 2016 state department officials actually prepped the new u.s. ambassador to ukraine on how to handle questions about burisma holdings and he had the imagine if donald trump did that and imagine that. same ambassador to u.k. who recently apparently testified that i had some role in the allegations that led to her resignation. in reality despite the obsessive fake news reporting by the media mob i don't know anything about this woman. her name was barely mentioned but a few times on this program just in passing, basically. and to this day i haven't talked to anyone from ukraine that i knew was from ukraine. nobody, ever. i certainly was not lobbying for her removal. that did not stop the mass hysteria from the mob over yours truly. i think they like putting my face on tv because then they can tric

you were asked how the obama-biden state department had prepared you to answer questions about hunter biden specifically. do you recall that? she mentioned you had been asked for were prepared for a question about hunter biden's role on the --rd, but gave us 's office. >> the amount of money hunter biden was being paid? >> this was not part of a briefing. with big old books questions that might come up. >> in preparation for your confirmation. they thought hunter biden's role would be significant that it time.come up during your how many companies other than burisma did the state department give you answers for? if so, which ones? >> i don't recall. >> you don't recall there were any other companies? >> i am sure there were some companies, but this is a while ago. i don't recall. recallyou specifically burisma. out of the thousands of companies in ukraine, the only one you recall, the ob ama-biden state department advising you where the vice president's son was on the board. you understood from deputy assistant secretary george hent's testimony, that testified a few days ago -- do you

state department in prepping its ambassador for her nomination hearing was prepared for a question and directed people to joe biden. ambassador to the united ambassador to the united states for the obama administration would not send the media or the senators to joe biden unless they thought he knew something about it. but let me wind you back to something else you just said, sean. you talked about the need to released transcripts. i have done some reporting. in the period after prosecutor shokin raided the home of hunter biden's boss, the owner of burisma, and before burisma showed up and started lobbying the state department a few weeks later, in february. joe biden had three consecutive phone calls. three. with the president of ukraine. it's the only time in a two-year period i can find three consecutive contacts between biden and president. did any of those issues come up in calls? joe biden owes us an answer given the circumstances these documents provide to the american public. >> sean: can you believe that the media mob -- if the names were changed, and it was vice president donald trump jr., and instead of hunter, it was don jr. or eric, who is going to join us tonight. do you

in my line of questioning, i just wanted to highlight the obama state department was so concerned about conflicts of interest with hunter biden sitting on burisma's board, the obama state department, that was the first instance where yovanovitch had ever heard the word burisma. so we will continue asking about hunter biden's role on behalf of a million americans that want to know the answer to that question. on the whistle-blower, it is important to note that adam schiff and i listed all of the instances of this, adam schiff initially in september said he is adamant about hearing from the whistle-blower. and only change when it became clear that there was coordination between democratic staff and the whistle-blower. before the whistle-blower complaint with issues. >> let me say two other quick things, first, i thought we were in the public stage of the so-called impeachment inquiry, but back we are going to the bunker for another deposition that the american people will not get to see. but they also have not seen at our four transcripts of people who have already been deposed. which means under house rules we cannot use that

bidens what comes next? >> reporter: well, he has already asked the state department to provide obama-era documents that would link joe biden as vice president to any ukrainian officials. and tonight rudy giuliani is offering his help to graham with a new lr putting giuliani the middle of it all just again jose >> kelly o'donnell at mike pence made a surprise visit to iraq today. he met with u.s. troops ahead of thanksgiving, and with the iraqi kurdistan president. the visit intended to reassure kurdish allies after president trump's controversial troop withdrawal from syria two months ago >>> back home, military families are speaking out their newest battle against private housing companies that they say have turned their homes into health hazards morgan chesky reports on the shocking and dangerous living conditions of some of our nation's heroes. >> reporter: at randolph air force base in texas, mary beth passano only has one house rule -- enter at your own risk you can smell that immediately. the home exactly as the family left it a month ago after a test came back showing the home had become a petri dish

secondly, several witnesses, state department employees who worked for joe biden in the obama administrationd they saw the appearance of a conflict of interest of hunter biden work at burisma and joe biden overseeing ukraine policy. the state department people saw the same thing i reported a year ago. fiona hill said. and she said the ukrainians were betting on hillary clinton. several key people did try to meddle in the election. you didn't see any of the headlines in the "new york times" but that was some of the most important news that came out of the hearings. adam schiff actually helped donald trump's defense. judge jeanine: let's talk about the fact that as it lead to ukraine, you sued for documents, freedom of information, and you got the documents that gave you some significant information. tell my viewers. >> absolutely. remember, when joe biden started denying everything. the story was i didn't know my son was under investigation. it turns out the investigation was speeding up when done are * and hillary clinton were fighting it out. they had just raided hunter biden's possible's h

name dropped hunter biden to the state department of obama and a month later the prosecutor investigating hunter biden and the company paying him millions with no background or experience after biden leveraged a billion of our tax dollars, he's done. did hunter biden have experience with energy? none. did he have experience in ukraine? none. it was his father, the second most elected -- powerful elected official in the united states and in charge of american policy in ukraine -- pick your choice. influence peddling. buying favor. what other possible reason could there be a vice president demanding a ukrainian prosecutor being fired or you don't get the billion? plain and simple. even hunter biden could not deny this obvious fact. this has to be the dumbest interview i have ever seen a 49-year-old give in my life. watch this. >> you didn't have any extensive knowledge about natural gas or ukraine itself, though. >> no, but i think that i had as much knowledge as anybody else on the board. if not more. >> in the list you gave me of the reasons why you were on that board you did not list the

in my line of questioning, i just wanted to highlight the obama state department was so concerned about conflict of interest with hunter biden sitting on burisma's board that the obama state department, that was the first instance where ambassador yovanovitch had ever heard the word burisma. that's an important fact to note for all of the viewers here today. so we're going to continue asking about hunter biden's role on burisma on behalf of the millions of americans who want to know the answer to that question. and then on the whistle-blower, it is important to note that adam schiff and i listed all the instances of this. adam schiff initially in september said he was adamant about hearing from the whistle-blower and it only changed when it became clear that there was coordination between democratic staff and the whistle-blower before the whistle-blower complaint was issued. >> let me just do two other real quick things. first, i thought we were in the public stage of this so-called impeachment inquiry. but yet, here in just a few minutes, we're going back to the bunker in the basement of the capitol for another deposition t

biden. >> sean: can you please come obama state department stop looking into us, we even have hunter biden on our board. now it makes sense, this has been so hard and so difficult and so complicated. now let's turn to some more breaking developments, newly released transcripts from the top-secret soviet style coup attempt. bad news for democrats. george, you will me an apology, we are going to be talking about this soon. testified he had no knowledge that usa to ukraine was ever connected to an investigation request and he said the government of ukraine had no idea there was a temporary hold on aid until a month after the president's phone call. they got the money without doing anything. can also raise concerns about the biden and burisma holdings, even mentioned yours truly, i will accept the guys apology. he also testified i was talking about the former ambassador of ukraine -- i'm going to spell it out for all of you one more time, i suggest you read my twitter account. i don't know anything about that lady. i have no idea how to pronounce her last name, i never talked to secretary pomp

more evidence there were concerns in the obama state department about what joe biden and his son wereto in ukraine. the coup in some ways may be failing because it's developing evidence showing president trump did nothing wrong while raising additional questions about joe biden. judge jeanine: the truth is we learned this in the russian collusion delusion. they tried to frame him and all the evidence was against them and comey and fisa. do you know when this report is coming out? >> i don't. you know, it's no surprise the deep state is slow rolling this to goth not get in the way of the coup cabals. let me just say about this foreign service we are all supposed to fall down every time we hear it. this is the same foreign service that did nothing after obama and clinton recklessly put those people in benghazi and lied about their murders. they have been defending hillary and covering up her email scandal, they are still protecting her now. they are stonewalling our requests for information on joe biden. the career foreign service equals deep state. judge jeanine: you unlike congress ar

the previous administration raised the issue of barisma or hunter biden. >> you testified in the q & a with the obama state departmentma, is that correct. >> yes, it is. >> do you have information about any criminal activity that the president of the united states has been involved in at all? >> no. >>.>> major revelations during yesterday's impeachment hearings. the former ambassador to ukraine admitting president trump, guess what, did not commit a crime. here to react, fox news contributor, judge ken starr and a member of the president's legal team. we can sit here and analyze every second of these hearings, that seems to me to be a bottom line point the mainstream media doesn't want to talk about. one of the star witnesses says i didn't see any crime. >> right. we again are so far removed from watergate, hear's john dean testifying dramatically, i'm in the oval office and i am participating in a criminal conspiracy with the president of the united states. here we have a witness who does not have a connection to the president, she's serving as am a bass door but she has no communication to the president and knows

biden being named to the board of burisma?" for the millions of americans watching, president obama's own state department was so concerned about potential conflicts of interest from hunter biden's role at 11 that they raised it themselves while prepping this wonderful ambassador nominee before confirmation. and yet, our democratic colleagues and the chairman of this committee cried foul when we dare ask that same question that the obama state department was so concerned about. but we will continue asking that. lastly, in my 20 seconds left, i want to get it on record -- in terms of this defensive lethal aid that you are an advocate for, that was not provided by president obama. it was provided by president trump. >> that's correct. >> i yield back five seconds. >> and esther, thank you for your testimony today. those of us who sit up here are supposed to be dispassionate and judicial and measured to, but i am angry. and i've been angry since i learned about your summary and unexplained dismissal after a lifetime of excellent and faithful service to this country. i'm angry that he woman whose family fled communism and nazism ha

of white house meetings between obama administration officials and ukrainian government dnc officials. yesterday, lindsey graham request state department documents on biden, obama's officials on ukraine. and apparently, they've been briefed saying, hey, russia is framing ukraine. >> well, i think it's important to understand there are two stories here. there is -- there is an effort by the russians to frame ukraine. to push this narrative that -- that no, no, no, don't look here. all the story is there. you know, crowd strike and all of the conspiracy theories the president has been repeating. but there is another story, which is that the ukrainian government was not at all enthusiastic obje enthusiastic about the election of donald trump. >> why? because he thought crimea belonged to russia? i'm sorry. >> many of them legitimate. >> right. like, context matters here. yes. >> many of them legitimate. also, they liked hilary clinton better. >> well, she was the one for not handing crimea to russia. >> i think that's probably a little bit exaggerated. i'm sorry. >> the president said it. >> no. the president has basically been entirely transactional about

biden in prison holdings that's never been fully investigated by congress anybody else and now we're finding out just came on the wall street journal this week that barisan tried to approach the obama state department and mentioned when it made this overture that hunter biden was on their board so clearly having the vice president's son was something they sought to take advantage of having having him on their board and so we haven't found out what happened there fully certainly it was a conflict of interest for joe biden and i think even some democrats have said that you know well maybe 100 we don't know 100 biden did might have been nothing wrong but to have a sitting vice president who is the point man for president obama in ukraine whose son is now on a major gas companies board in ukraine that's a conflict of interest that probably means biden should have been the one doing it and i don't know what's there but i think when you look back at what happened in 2016 and why ukraine intervened in our election which they tried to do they tried to help the d.n.c. and hillary clinton campaign dig up dirt on trump jack what do you think wallace is golding as we look at the elections next year. well i thi

what can you tell us about hunter biden's you know being named to the board of barista so for the millions of americans watching president obama's own state department was so concerned about potential conflicts of interest from hunter biden's role of prisma that they raised it themselves while prepping this wonderful ambassador nominee before her confirmation and yet our democratic colleagues and the chairman of this committee cry foul when we dare ask that same question that the obama state department was so concerned about but we will continue asking it and lastly in my 20 seconds left i just want to get it on record in terms of defensive lethal aid which you are an advocate for that was not provided by president obama it was provided by president trump that's correct i yield back 5 seconds i'm sure if you most. ambassador thank you for your testimony today those of us who set up here are supposed to be dispassionate and judicial and measured but i'm angry and i've been angry since i learned about your summary an unexplained dismissal after a lifetime of excellent faithful service to this country i'm angry that a woman whose family fled communism

many concerns about the fact that hunter biden, the son of the vice president sat on the board of a company like burisma. the obama administration state department was also concerned. and yet adam schiff refuses to allow this committee to call hunter biden despite our requests. every witness who has testified and has been asked this has answered yes. do you agree that hunter biden on the board of burisma has the potential for the appearance of a conflict of interest? >> certainly the potential, yes. >> ms. williams? >> yes. >> now, shifting to the legal requirements that our aid to ukraine is conditioned on anti-corruption, lieutenant colonel vindman, you testified that you understood that congress had passed under the ukrainian security assistance initiative a legal obligation to certify that corruption is being addressed. >> that is correct. >> you also testify it is required by the national defense authorization act. >> that is correct. >> so, for the public listening, we're not just talking about president trump focusing on anti-corruption in ukraine, but it is to critical, so important that hard-earned taxpayer dollars, when given to foreig