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Anderson Cooper 360

Impeachment Testimony; Exclusive Interview with Fiona Hill's Lawyer and Representative Sean Patrick Maloney

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Pres. Trump's Ex-Russia Adviser: Bolton Called Giuliani A "Hand Grenade That Was Going To Blow Everybody Up"; New Testimony Directly Linking Trump To Ukraine Pressure; Pres. Trump's Ex-Russia Adviser on AMB. Sondland: He Was Involved In A "Domestic Political Errand" In Ukraine; Pres. Trump's Ex-Russia Adviser To Republican Lawmakers: Don't Promote Falsehoods That Advance Russian Interests; Impeachment Witnesses Refute GOP Talking Points; Hill Rebukes GOP For Believing "Fictional Narrative" That Ukraine, Not Russia, Interfered In 2016 Elections; Diplomat: Zelensky Said That During July 25 Call, Trump Raised "Very Sensitive Issues" Three Times; Attorney For Pres. Trump's Former Russia Expert Speaks Out; White House: Pres. Trump "Jubilant" After Today's Public Hearing; Intel Committee Member Discusses Latest Testimony; Schiff: "Nothing More Dangerous Than An Unethical President Who Believes They Are Above The Law"; Exclusive: FBI Official Under Criminal Investigation; Exclusive: Former FBI Official Under Criminal Investigation After Allegedly Altering Document In 2016 Russia Probe; "My Loyalty Is Here"To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening. We begin tonight at the end. The end for now of House impeachment testimony

0:05.4

in the intelligence committee. House Judiciary takes it up after Thanksgiving break and

0:09.9

saved to say what we've heard already gives them plenty to work with, not to mention

0:13.5

quite a few new leads and new witnesses to pursue. One of the witnesses today was himself

0:18.7

a new lead, a late addition, David Holmes, political affairs counselor at the U.S. Embassy

0:22.8

in Kiev. But the star was Fiona Hill, former senior director for Europe and Russia, the

0:27.7

National Security Council. Her attorney joins us exclusively in just a moment. Dr. Hill

0:32.9

had a front-row view from inside the White House as portions of the country's foreign

0:36.9

policy and national security institutions were used or co-opted into serving what she

0:42.0

says she recognized to be the president's personal political agenda. Here's how she

0:46.4

describes Ambassador Sonland's role. He was being involved in a domestic political

0:53.5

errand and we were being involved in national security foreign policy and those two things

0:59.5

had just diverged. So he was correct and I had not put my finger on that at the moment,

1:05.8

but I was irritated with him and angry with him that he wasn't fully coordinating. And

1:09.8

I did say to him, Ambassador Sonland Gordon, I think this is all going to blow up and here

1:14.7

we are. And here we are, a domestic political errand. She called it. Her boss, National

1:19.6

Security Advisor John Bolton, knew about it. Ambassador Sonland has already testified that

1:23.9

he kept Bolton in the loop along with acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, Vice President

1:28.2

Pans and others who have yet to testify or are being prevented from talking. She confirmed

1:33.2

today that Ambassador Bolton did in fact call what was happening a drug deal and he did

1:37.4

he scorn upon the president's point man, alleged bag man and private attorney Rudy Giuliani.

1:44.8

What do you think he meant by his characterization of Giuliani as a hand grenade?

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