What did the president know about the Ukraine whistleblower complaint and when did he know it?

John Berman here in Ferranderson tonight, new reporting that says he knew as much as a

week before he finally released the frozen military aid to Ukraine and weeks before he

said this to his Ukraine fixer Gordon Saunland about what he wanted from Kiev.

I say to the ambassador to respond, I want nothing, I want nothing, I want no quick pro quo,

tell Zelensky president Zelensky to do the right thing so here's my answer, I want nothing,

I want nothing, I want no quick pro quo, tell Zelensky to do the right thing then he says this is

the final word from the president of the United States, I want nothing, thank you folks.

So according to the new reporting in the New York Times, when he said that he already had known

for more than a week maybe two that the whistleblower was about to make out point out the very thing

you just heard the president take pains to deny a quid pro quo. It might explain why the president not

known as a great expert in the classics was suddenly showing off his Latin. Here's the time

lead. President Trump had already been briefed on a whistleblower's complaint about his dealings with

Ukraine when he unfroze military aid for the country in September according to two people familiar

with the matter. CNN political analyst in New York Times White House correspondent Maggie

Havenman shares the by line she joins us on the phone tonight Maggie thank you for being with us.

It's a very special light when you get to ask in all sincerity what did the president know in when

did he know it. John thanks for having me. So as you laid out we reported tonight that the president

was briefed by the White House council of House of Bloney and the National Security Council's

main lawyer John Eisenberg in August that about the fact that the whistleblower complaint

existed. The whistleblower complaint of course talked about not as we know now not just the president's

son called president's lensky from July 25th but also this question about the freezing of military

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