Trump legal team presents defense case
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
CNN
3.2 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Now let's talk about one of the Democrats central witnesses, Ambassador Yvonnevich. |
| 0:06.2 | In May 2016, Ambassador Yvonovich was nominated to be Ambassador in Ukraine. |
| 0:11.2 | Here's what happened when she was preparing for her Senate confirmation |
| 0:15.1 | hearing. Congresswoman Stefana had asked you how the Obama Biden State |
| 0:21.8 | Department had prepared you to answer questions about Barrizma and Hunter |
| 0:26.8 | Biden specifically. |
| 0:27.8 | You recall that? |
| 0:28.8 | Yes. |
| 0:29.8 | Out of thousands of companies in the Ukraine, the only one that you recall the |
| 0:34.4 | Obama-Biden State Department preparing you to answer questions about was the one |
| 0:38.4 | where the Vice President's son was on the board. Is that fair? |
| 0:41.1 | Yes. So she's being prepared to come before all of |
| 0:50.2 | you, all of you and talk about world issues, going to be in charge of the Ukraine, and what |
| 0:59.4 | did they feel the only company, the company that it was important to brief her on in case she |
| 1:05.6 | got a question, Varesema. |
| 1:10.7 | Ambassador Yvonnevich was confirmed July 2016 as the Obama administration was coming to a close. |
| 1:18.6 | In September 2016, a Ukrainian court cancels the oligarch Zulchewski's arrest warrant for lack of progress in the case. |
| 1:26.6 | In mid-January 2017, Barrizma announces that all legal proceedings against it and Z Zulchewski, have been closed. |
| 1:35.2 | Both of these things happened |
| 1:37.7 | while Hunter Biden set on the board of Briesma. |
| 1:40.3 | Around this time, Vice President Biden leaves office. |
| 1:45.0 | Years later now former Vice President Biden |
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