Chris Van Hollen: “Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk to the President's counsel and the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE.…”

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk to the President's counsel and the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Senator Van Hollen's question is to both parties and the House managers will go first: What did National Security Advisor John Bolton mean when he referenced ``whatever drug deal Sondland and Mulvaney are cooking up on this'' and did he ever raise that issue in any meeting with President Trump? Mr. Manager SCHIFF. Mr. Chief Justice, Senators, when John Bolton-- and this is according to Dr. Hill's testimony--brought up the drug deal, it was in the context of a July 10 meeting at the White House. There were two meetings that day. There was a meeting that Ambassador Bolton was present for, and then there was a follow-on meeting after Ambassador Bolton abruptly ended the first meeting. In the first meeting, the Ukrainians naturally wanted to raise the topic of getting the White House meeting that President Zelensky so desperately wanted. And after raising the issue, at some point Ambassador Sondland said: No, no, we have got a deal. They will get the meeting once they announce the investigations. And this is the point where Ambassador Bolton stiffened. You can look up Dr. Hill's exact words. I am paraphrasing here. But this is the point where Ambassador Bolton stiffens and he ends the meeting.…”