Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Baldwin is addressed to the House managers: Given that the White House Counsel couldn't answer Senator Romney's question that asked for the exact date the President first ordered the hold on security assistance to Ukraine, what witness or witnesses could answer Senator Romney's question? Mr. Manager CROW. Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. Thank you, Senator, for the question. You are right. They were not able to directly answer that question, and we believe that there is a tremendous amount of material out there in the form of emails, text messages, conversation, and witness testimony that can shed additional light on that, including an email from last summer between Mr. Bolton and Mr. Blair, where we know from witness testimony this issue was discussed. What we do know is from multiple witnesses. Ukrainian officials knew that President Trump had placed a hold on security assistance soon after it was ordered in July of 2019. So we know that not only did U.S. officials know about it and OMB communicated about it, Ukrainians knew about it as well. We know from former Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Olena Zerkal--she stated publicly, in fact, that the Ukrainian officials knew about it and had found out about it in July.…”