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WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW."
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I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
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WELL--<i>
( APPLAUSE )</i>
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IT'S FINALLY ARRIVED, THE FIRST
DAY OF LIVE IMPEACHMENT
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HEARINGS.
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<i> ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )</i>
IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR
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SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY: THE END OF THE TRUMP
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PRESIDENCY.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i>
NOW, LET'S NOT GET AHEAD OF
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OURSELVES HERE.
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WASHINGTON BEING WHAT IT IS, WHO
KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
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BUT I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT
IN TONIGHT'S VERY SPECIAL
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EDITION OF "DON AND THE GIANT
IMPEACH."
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>> OH, PLEASE!
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>> Stephen: I LIKE THAT ONE.
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I LIKE THAT ONE A LOT.
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TODAY'S LIVE TESTIMONY WAS AS
DRAMATIC AS IT WAS HISTORIC.
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IT WAS THE BIGGEST RATINGS HIT
FOR C-SPAN 3 SINCE "DRUNK
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HISTORY STARRING BRETT
KAVANAUGH."
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE )</i>
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I LIKE IT.
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TWO SOLIDS RIGHT THERE.
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THE STAR WITNESS WAS ACTING
AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE AND
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GRANDPA TELLING YOU
WHIPPERSNAPPERS TO KNOCK OFF
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THE HORSEPLAY, BILL TAYLOR.
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TAYLOR HAD TESTIFIED BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS THAT HE WAS VERY
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CONCERNED ABOUT THE WITHHOLDING
OF MILITARY AID FROM UKRAINE.
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BUT THE BOMBSHELL TODAY WAS
SOMETHING HE HADN'T TESTIFIED TO
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BEFORE.
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HERE'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON
IT.
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REPUBLICANS SAY, SURVIVAL
STRATEGY WILL BE TO TRY TO
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DISTANCE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM
ANY UKRAINE QUID PRO QUO, WITH
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RUDY GIULIANI POTENTIALLY GOING
UNDER THE BUS.
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YOU CANNOT THROW RUDY GIULIANI
UNDER THE BUS.
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HE ALREADY LIVES UNDER THE
BRIDGE.
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HOW DO YOU GET THE BUS DOWN
THERE?
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OFF-RAMP?
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I DON'T KNOW.
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SO HERE'S THE DEAL-- TRUMP
DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE
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PRESSURE TO INVESTIGATE BIDEN.
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BUT TODAY, TAYLOR SAID THIS
>> LAST FRIDAY, A MEMBER OF MY
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STAFF TOLD ME OF EVENTS THAT
OCCURRED ON JULY 26.
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IN THE PRESENCE OF MY STAFF,
AT A RESTAURANT, AMBASSADOR
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SONDLAND CALLED PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND TOLD HIM OF HIS MEETINGS IN
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KIEV.
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THE MEMBER OF MY STAFF COULD
HEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE
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PHONE ASKING AMBASSADOR SONDLAND
ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS.
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>> Stephen: SO, THIS STAFFER
OVERHEARD TRUMP ASKING ABOUT A
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FOREIGN NATION INVESTIGATING HIS
POLITICAL OPPONENT.
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THAT'S LIKE IF THEY HAD A
PICTURE OF NIXON BREAKING INTO
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THE WATERGATE.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i>
TAYLOR CONTINUED:
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>> FOLLOWING THE CALL WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE MEMBER OF
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MY STAFF ASKED AMBASSADOR
SONDLAND WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
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THOUGHT ABOUT UKRAINE.
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MR. SONDLAND RESPONDED THAT.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP CARES MORE ABOUT
THE INVESTIGATIONS OF BIDEN,
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WHICH GIULIANI WAS PRESSING FOR.
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>> Stephen (AS TAYLOR):
"HE ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT
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PRESIDENT TRUMP CARED MORE ABOUT
THE INVESTIGATIONS OF BIDEN THAN
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HE DID ABOUT HIS SON ERIC, WHO
THE PRESIDENT DESCRIBED AS 'THE
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TEETH ONE.'"<i>
( LAUGHTER )</i>
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SHEN, SCHIFF FOLLOWED UP ON THE
OVERHEARD PHONE CALL.
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>> AND AS YOUR STAFF RELATED THE
EVENT TO YOU, YOUR STAFF MEMBER
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COULD OVERHEAR MR. SONDLAND ON
THE PHONE-- COULD OVERHEAR THE
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PRESIDENT ON THE PHONE WITH
MR. SONDLAND.
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IS THAT RIGHT?
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>> THAT'S CORRECT.
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>> SO THE PRESIDENT MUST HAVE
BEEN SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH ON THE
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PHONE.
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THIS WAS A CELL PHONE, I TAKE
IT?
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>> IT WAS A CELL PHONE.
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>> THE PRESIDENT MUST HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING LOUD ENOUGH FOR YOUR
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STAFF MEMBER TO BE ABLE TO
OVERHEAR THIS?
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>> IT WAS.
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>> Stephen (AS TRUMP YELLING):
"OK, THIS IS VERY SENSITIVE
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INFORMATION.
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I WANT UKRAINE TO INVESTIGATE MY
POLITICAL OPPONENT!
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WAIT.
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AM I-- AM I ON SPEAKER PHONE?
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WHY NOT?
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I WANT THE WAITER TO HEAR THIS!
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I WOULD LIKE DIRT ON JOE BIDEN
AND FULLY LOADED NACHOS!"
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<i> ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )</i>
"OH, I FORGOT THE GARLIC KNOTS."
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TAYLOR'S TESTIMONY WAS DAMNING
WHEN IT CAME TO TRUMP'S
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INSISTENCE ON GETTING A PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT INVESTIGATING
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THE BIDENS.
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>> EVERYTHING WAS DEPENDENT ON
THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF
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INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING
SECURITY ASSISTANCE.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTED PRESIDENT
ZELENSKY "IN A PUBLIC BOX."
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>> Stephen (AS TRUMP):
"WOULD YOU, COULD YOU IN A BOX?
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WOULD YOU, COULD YOU LIVE ON
FOX?
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i>
WILL YOU GIVE ME DIRT ON JOE?
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WILL YOU DO THE QUID PRO QUO."
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<i> ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )</i>
TAYLOR TESTIFIED THAT THERE WERE
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TWO GROUPS RUNNING FOREIGN
POLICY IN UKRAINE-- A REGULAR
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CHANNEL AND AN IRREGULAR
CHANNEL LED BY RUDY GIULIANI.
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AND OVER TIME, HE GREW
CONCERNED.
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>> I BEGAN TO SENSE THAT THE TWO
DECISION-MAKING CHANNELS-- THE
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REGULAR AND IRREGULAR-- WERE
SEPARATE AND AT ODDS.
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LATER THAT DAY, I RECEIVED TEXT
MESSAGES ON A THREE-WAY
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WHATSAPP.
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>> Stephen: IT'S WEIRD TO HEAR
THAT GUY SAY "WHATSAPP."
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<i> ( AS TAYLOR )</i>
"I RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE ON
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WHATSAPP.
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IT WAS A GIF OF A TIKTOK OF A
TODDLER DANCING TO IGGY AZALEA.
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IT WAS SO EXTRA.
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HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEW KING
PRINCESS ALBUM?
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IT'S LIT.
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HUNDO P."
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TAYLOR ALSO GAVE SOME INSIGHT
INTO THE WAY TRUMP JUSTIFIED HIS
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OWN ACTIONS.
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>> PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD
AMBASSADOR SONDLAND HE WAS
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NOT ASKING FOR A QUID PRO QUO.
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BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP DID INSIST
THAT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY GO TO A
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MICROPHONE AND SAY HE IS OPENING
INVESTIGATIONS OF BIDEN AND 2016
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ELECTION INTERFERENCE, AND THAT
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SHOULD WANT
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TO DO THIS HIMSELF.
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>> Stephen: TRUMP'S KIND OF
SOUNDING LIKE A NEEDY GIRLFRIEND
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RIGHT THERE.
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<i> ( AS TRUMP )</i>
"NO, I DON'T WANT TO MEET YOUR
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PARENTS.
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I WANT YOU TO WANT ME TO MEET
YOUR PARENTS.
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ALSO, DO YOUR PARENTS HAVE ANY
DIRT ON JOE BIDEN?"
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TAYLOR WENT ON:
>> AMBASSADOR SONDLAND TRIED TO
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EXPLAIN TO ME THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS A BUSINESSMAN.
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WHEN A BUSINESSMAN IS ABOUT
TO SIGN A CHECK TO SOMEONE WHO
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OWES HIM SOMETHING, THE
BUSINESSMAN ASKS THAT PERSON TO
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PAY UP BEFORE SIGNING THE CHECK.
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AMBASSADOR VOLKER USED THE SAME
LANGUAGE SEVERAL DAYS LATER.
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I ARGUED TO BOTH THAT THE
EXPLANATION MADE NO SENSE.
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>> Stephen: YEAH.
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IT MAKES NO SENSE.
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THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TRUMP
CUTS A CHECK FOR.
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OH, MY GOD, DID HE HAVE SEX WITH
UKRAINE?
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DID HE GET SPANKED BY UKRAINE?
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<i> ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )</i>
TAYLOR WASN'T THE ONLY WITNESS.
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HE WAS JOINED BY SENIOR STATE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL GEORGE KENT,
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WHO WATCHED TAYLOR'S IMPASSIONED
TESTIMONY LIKE THIS.
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HERE'S MY ADVICE, YOUNG PEOPLE:
FIND SOMEONE WHO LOOKS AT YOU
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THE WAY GEORGE KENT LOOKS AT
WILLIAM TAYLOR.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i>
KENT MADE IT CLEAR JUST WHO WAS
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CALLING THE SHOTS IN OUR UKRAINE
POLICY.
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>> IT BECAME CLEAR TO ME THAT
GIULIANI'S EFFORTS TO GIN UP
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POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
INVESTIGATIONS WERE NOW
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AFFECTING U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH
UKRAINE.
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>> Stephen: AND IF THERE'S
ANYTHING RUDY GIULIANI KNOWS
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HOW TO DO, IT'S GIN UP.
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ALSO, VODKA UP.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i>
AFTER 45 MINUTES OF QUESTIONING,
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ADAM SCHIFF ASKED KENT AND
TAYLOR THE ONE QUESTION WE
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WERE ALL DYING TO HEAR:
>> WOULD YOU GENTLEMAN LIKE A
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BRIEF RECESS?
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>> Stephen: "AH-- AH-- SURE?
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OOPS.
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JINX!
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OWE ME A COKE!
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