TO THIS DAY ARE NOT. AND THE PRESIDENT DID NOT LIKE

AND THE PRESIDENT DID NOT LIKE THAT.

THAT. LONG ANSWER, BUT I’M STILL

LONG ANSWER, BUT I’M STILL GOING.

GOING. THOSE WERE THE DRIVING FACTORS.

THOSE WERE THE DRIVING FACTORS. DID HE ALSO MENTION TO ME THAT

DID HE ALSO MENTION TO ME THAT THE CORRUPTION THAT RELATED TO

THE CORRUPTION THAT RELATED TO THE DNC SERVER?

THE DNC SERVER? ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY. NO QUESTION.

NO QUESTION. BUT THAT IS IT.

BUT THAT IS IT. AND THAT IS WHY WE HELD UP THE

AND THAT IS WHY WE HELD UP THE MONEY.

MONEY. >> SO THE DEMAND FOR AN

>> SO THE DEMAND FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEMOCRATS

INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEMOCRATS WAS PART OF THE REASON THAT HE

WAS PART OF THE REASON THAT HE ORDERED TO WITHHOLD FUNDING TO

ORDERED TO WITHHOLD FUNDING TO UKRAINE?

UKRAINE? >> THE LOOK BACK TO WHAT

>> THE LOOK BACK TO WHAT HAPPENED IN 2016 CERTAINLY WAS

HAPPENED IN 2016 CERTAINLY WAS PART OF THE THING THAT HE WAS

PART OF THE THING THAT HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT IN CORRUPTION WITH

WORRIED ABOUT IN CORRUPTION WITH THAT NATION.

THAT NATION. AND THAT IS APPROPRIATE.

AND THAT IS APPROPRIATE. >> TO WITHHOLD THE FUNDING.

>> TO WITHHOLD THE FUNDING. >> WHICH ULTIMATELY THEN FLOWED.

>> WHICH ULTIMATELY THEN FLOWED. BY THE WAY, THERE WAS A REPORT

BY THE WAY, THERE WAS A REPORT THAT WE WERE WORRIED THAT THE

THAT WE WERE WORRIED THAT THE MONEY WOULDN’T -- IF WE DIDN’T

MONEY WOULDN’T -- IF WE DIDN’T PAY OUT THE MONEY, IT WOULD BE

PAY OUT THE MONEY, IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

UNLAWFUL. THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT

THAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAS A LITTLE SHRED OF TRUTH IN

HAS A LITTLE SHRED OF TRUTH IN IT THAT MAKES IT LOOK A LOT

IT THAT MAKES IT LOOK A LOT WORSE THAN IT REALLY IS.

WORSE THAN IT REALLY IS. WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AT OBM

WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AT OBM ABOUT AN IMPOUNDMENT.

ABOUT AN IMPOUNDMENT. AND I JUST KNOW I PUT HALF YOU

AND I JUST KNOW I PUT HALF YOU FOLKS TO BED.

FOLKS TO BED. BUT THE BUDGET CONTROL

BUT THE BUDGET CONTROL IMPOUNDMENT ACT OF 1974 SAYS IF

IMPOUNDMENT ACT OF 1974 SAYS IF CONGRESS APPROPRIATES MONEY, YOU

CONGRESS APPROPRIATES MONEY, YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT.

HAVE TO SPEND IT. AND WE KNEW THAT THAT MONEY

AND WE KNEW THAT THAT MONEY EITHER HAD TO GO OUT THE DOOR BY

EITHER HAD TO GO OUT THE DOOR BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER OR WE HAD

THE END OF SEPTEMBER OR WE HAD TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD REASON NOT

TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD REASON NOT DO IT.

DO IT. AND THAT WAS THE LEGALITY OF THE

AND THAT WAS THE LEGALITY OF THE ISSUE.

ISSUE. >> LET’S BE CLEAR.

>> LET’S BE CLEAR. YOU DESCRIBED A QUID PROCEED

YOU DESCRIBED A QUID PROCEED QUOE COMPANY.

QUOE COMPANY. IT IS FUNDING WILL NOT FLOW

IT IS FUNDING WILL NOT FLOW UNLESS THE INVESTIGATION INTO

UNLESS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEMOCRATIC SERVER HAPPENED

THE DEMOCRATIC SERVER HAPPENED AS WELL.

AS WELL. >> WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME WITH

>> WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME WITH FOREIGN POLICY.

FOREIGN POLICY. WE WERE HOLDING UP MONEY AT THE

WE WERE HOLDING UP MONEY AT THE SAME TIME FOR, WHAT WAS IT, THE

SAME TIME FOR, WHAT WAS IT, THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES.

NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES. WE WERE HOLDING UP AID TO THE

WE WERE HOLDING UP AID TO THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES SO

NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES SO THAT THEY WOULD CHANGE THEIR

THAT THEY WOULD CHANGE THEIR POLICIES ON IMMIGRATION.

POLICIES ON IMMIGRATION. BY THE WAY, AND THIS SPEAKS TO

BY THE WAY, AND THIS SPEAKS TO AN IMPORTANT -- STORY?

AN IMPORTANT -- STORY? THIS SPEAKS TO AN IMPORTANT

THIS SPEAKS TO AN IMPORTANT POINT.

POINT. I HEARD THIS YESTERDAY AND I CAN

I HEARD THIS YESTERDAY AND I CAN NEVER REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN.

NEVER REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN. McKINNEY?

McKINNEY? I DON’T KNOW.

I DON’T KNOW. BUT HE TESTIFIED YESTERDAY.

BUT HE TESTIFIED YESTERDAY. AND IF YOU BELIEVE THE NEWS

AND IF YOU BELIEVE THE NEWS REPORTS, BECAUSE WE’VE NOT SEEN

REPORTS, BECAUSE WE’VE NOT SEEN ANY TRANSCRIPTS OF THIS, THE

ANY TRANSCRIPTS OF THIS, THE ONLY TRANSCRIPT I’VE SEEN IS

ONLY TRANSCRIPT I’VE SEEN IS SONDLAND’S TESTIMONY MORNING.

SONDLAND’S TESTIMONY MORNING. WHAT DID McKINNEY SAID?

WHAT DID McKINNEY SAID? HE SAID THAT HE WAS UPSET WITH

HE SAID THAT HE WAS UPSET WITH THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN

THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN FOREIGN POLICY.

FOREIGN POLICY. THAT WAS WOCHBTS REASONSONE OF R

THAT WAS WOCHBTS REASONSONE OF R WAS UPSET.

WAS UPSET. I HAVE NEWS FOR EVERYBODY.

I HAVE NEWS FOR EVERYBODY. GET OVER IT, THERE IS POLITICAL

GET OVER IT, THERE IS POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN FOREIGN POLICY.

INFLUENCE IN FOREIGN POLICY. ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. FOREIGN POLICY WILL CHANGE FROM

FOREIGN POLICY WILL CHANGE FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO THE

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING NOW I

AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING NOW I BELIEVE IS A GROUP OF MOSTLY

BELIEVE IS A GROUP OF MOSTLY CAREER BUREAUCRATS WHO ARE

CAREER BUREAUCRATS WHO ARE SAYING THAT I DON’T LIKE

SAYING THAT I DON’T LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLITICS, SO

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLITICS, SO I’M GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS

I’M GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WITCH HUNT THAT THEY ARE

WITCH HUNT THAT THEY ARE UNDERTAKING ON THE HILL.

UNDERTAKING ON THE HILL. ELECTIONS DO HAVE CONSEQUENCES

ELECTIONS DO HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND THEY SHOULD AND YOUR FOREIGN