Gordon Sondland Testifies: Pence, Pompeo Were "In The Loop" On Ukraine Quid Pro Quo - YouTube

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PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT.
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THANK YOU, FRIENDS DOWN HERE, UP THERE, ALL ACROSS AMERICA!
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WELCOME, WELCOME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO "THE LATE SHOW."
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I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
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AND WE--<i> ( CHEERS )</i>
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ARE LIVE, LIVE, RIGHT THERE AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE.
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IT IS THE FIFTH DEBATE, RIGHT?
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THIS IS THE FIFTH DEBATE.
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ANOTHER SO HOLD ON.
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OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> AND I BELIEVE-- I BELIEVE
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AMERICA GETS A FREE SUB NOW.
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AND, HOPEFULLY, A NEW PRESIDENT.
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<i> ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )</i> &gt;&gt; Jon: OH, WOW.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
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BUT, FIRST, THIS WAS A HUGE DAY IN THE UKRAINE SCANDAL.
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THERE WAS EXPLOSIVE TESTI-RRHEA FROM AMBASSADOR TO THE EUROPEAN
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UNION AND MAN WHO JUST SPILLED THE TEA ON D.J.T., O-KERRR
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GORDON SONDLAND.
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I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT IN TONIGHT'S LIVE EDITION OF
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&quot;DON AND THE GIANT IMPEACH.&quot;
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&gt;&gt; GET ME OUT OF HERE!
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<i> ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )</i> &gt;&gt; Stephen: ANGRY PEACH.
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SONDLAND DROPPED THE BIGGEST BOMBSHELL IN HIS OPENING
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STATEMENT.
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&gt;&gt; I KNOW THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE FREQUENTLY FRAMED
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THESE COMPLICATED ISSUES IN THE FORM OF A SIMPLE QUESTION: WAS
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THERE A &quot;QUID PRO QUO?&quot; THE ANSWER IS YES.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: YES!
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HIGH SAID IT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION!
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I'M SATISFIED.
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I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME TO CONGRESSMAN JACK DANIEL'S.
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<i> ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )</i> OH!
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OH!
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MMM.
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NOW, SONDLAND MADE IT CLEAR, THIS WHOLE UKRAINIAN SCHEME,
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NONE OF THIS WAS HIS IDEA.
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&gt;&gt; WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT THESE PREREQUISITES FOR THE WHITE
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HOUSE CALL AND THE WHITE HOUSE MEETING REFLECTED PRESIDENT
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TRUMP'S DESIRES AND REQUIREMENTS AT THE EXPRESS DIRECTION OF THE
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PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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WE FOLLOWED THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THERE IS NO DEFENSE
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MORE HEROIC THAN, &quot;WE WERE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS.&quot;
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> NOW, AFTER MONTHS OF NOT KNOWING
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WHY THE ADMINISTRATION WAS WITHHOLDING WHAT UKRAINE WAS
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WAITING FOR, SONDLAND FINALLY CALLED TRUMP DIRECTLY.
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&gt;&gt; IT WAS A VERY SHORT, ABRUPT CONVERSATION.
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HE WAS NOT IN A GOOD MOOD.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE TRUMP.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> HE'S USUALLY A LITTLE MISS
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SPRAY-ON SUNSHINE.
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SO ON THE CALL, SONDLAND ASKED WHAT TRUMP WANTED FROM THE
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UKRAINIANS, AND SONDLAND SAID THAT TRUMP SAID... WELL, I'LL
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TELL WHAT YOU.
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I'LL JUST LET TRUMP TELL YOU WHAT HE SAYS HE SAID.
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&gt;&gt; SO HE'S GOING, &quot;WHAT DO YOU WANT?
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WHAT DO YOU WANT?
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I HEAR ALL THESE THEORIES.
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WHAT DO YOU WANT?&quot; RIGHT?
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AND NOW, HERE'S MY RESPONSE THAT HE GAVE-- JUST GAVE.
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READY?
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YOU HAVE THE CAMERAS ROLLING?
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&quot;I WANT NOTHING.
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THAT'S WHAT I WANT FROM UKRAINE.&quot;
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THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
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&quot;I WANT NOTHING!&quot; &gt;&gt; Stephen: I WANT SOMETHING.
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I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT COUPLE IN THE
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BACKGROUND.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY-- WHAT
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THE HELL ARE THEY DOING OUT THERE?
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&gt;&gt; Jon: THEY'RE JUST CHILLIN', HUH?
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: &quot;HONEY, OUR NEIGHBOR IS SHOUTING ON THE LAWN AGAIN.
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GO AND GET THE HOSE.
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THAT'S THE ONLY WAY HE'LL LEAVE.&quot;
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OKAY, SOUNDS FAIRLY INNOCENT.
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A MAN ANGRILY SHOUTING INTO THE PHONE, &quot;I WANT NOTHING.
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I WANT NOTHING!&quot; BUT HERE'S WHY HE MIGHT HAVE
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BEEN A BIT OF A CRANKY PANTS THAT DAY.
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THIS PHONE CALL HAPPENED &quot;THE SAME DAY THE WHISTLE-BLOWER
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COMPLAINT WAS DELIVERED TO THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.&quot;
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OH, DONNY'S NO DUMMY.
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HE KNEW HIS DING-DONG WAS IN A DOOR HINGE.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> YOU GOTTA SAY, THAT'S REALLY
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SUSPICIOUS TIMING.
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THAT'S LIKE WAITING UNTIL YOUR PARENTS ARE PULLING INTO THE
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DRIVEWAY TO TEXT THEM, &quot;PLEASE COME HOME.
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SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE HOUSE, THREW A HUGE PARTY, AND HID ALL
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THE VODKA IN MY STOMACH!&quot;<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i>
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<i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> NOW, THE PRESIDENT WASN'T THE
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ONLY ONE SONDLAND DROPPED A DIME ON.
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HE ALSO FINGERED MIKE PENCE.
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&gt;&gt; I WAS IN A BRIEFING WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE, AND I JUST
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SPOKE UP, AND I SAID IT APPEARS THAT EVERYTHING IS STALLED UNTIL
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THIS STATEMENT GETS MADE.
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SOMETHING-- WORDS TO THAT EFFECT.
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AND THE VICE PRESIDENT NODDED, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE HEARD WHAT I
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SAID, AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT, AS I RECALL.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: KEEP IN MIND, NODDING IS THE BIGGEST
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MOVEMENT MIKE PENCE CAN MAKE.
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IF HE MOVES HIS BODY ANY MORE THAN THAT, THE DEVIL WILL ACCUSE
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HIM OF DANCING.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> AND MOTHER WILL NOT BE PLEASED!
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THAT'S ILLEGAL IN THIS TOWN, KEVIN BACON!
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SONDLAND WENT ON TO EXPLAIN HOW MANY SENIOR OFFICIALS WERE IN
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THE KNOW.
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&gt;&gt; A LOT OF SENIOR OFFICIALS.
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A LOT OF SENIOR OFFICIALS.
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EVERYONE WAS IN THE LOOP.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: EVERYONE?
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COULD YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC?
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<i> ( AS SONDLAND )</i> &gt;&gt; SECRETARY POMPEO.
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SECRETARY PIRRY.
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BRIAN McCORMICK, WHO IS SECRETARY PERRY'S CHIEF OF STAFF
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AT THE TIME.
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MISS KENNA WHO IS THE ACT AGO PARDON ME, WHO IS THE
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SECRETARYEATE FOR SECRETARY POMPEO.
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CHIEF OF STAFF MULVANEY.
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MR. MULVANEY'S SENIOR ADVISER ROB BLAIR.
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AMBASSADOR BOLTON.
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DR. HILL.
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MR. MORRISON AND THEIR STAFF AT THE N.S.C.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: &quot;I'D ALSO LIKE TO INCRIMINATE MY AGENT, BABY DOLL,
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MARCIE FROM WARDROBE...
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EVERYBODY AT THE R.N.C, MICK MULVANEY.
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WE COULDN'T HAVE PRESSURED UKRAINE WITHOUT YOU...
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THEY'RE PLAYING ME OFF.
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I WANT TO THANK THE WHISTLEBLOWER, EVERYBODY AT HBO.
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CRIME IS CRIME IS CRIME IS CRIME.
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THIS IS FOR YOU, MOM.
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WE DID IT!
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GOOD NIGHT!&quot; LET'S GO THIS WAY.
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MOW, IT'S NO SURPRISE WHO SONDLAND SAYS WAS THE DELICIOUS
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NOUGAT AT THE CENTER OF THIS CONSPIRACY.
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&gt;&gt; SECRETARY PERRY, AMBASSADOR VOLKER, AND I WORKED WITH
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MR. RUDY GIULIANI ON UKRAINE MATTERS AT THE EXPRESS DIRECTION
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OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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WE DID NOT WANT TO WORK WITH MR. GIULIANI.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )</i>
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: GET IN LINE.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> NO ONE WANTS TO WORK WITH RUDY
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GIULIANI!
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HE SPITS WHEN HE TALKS, AND HE SMELLS LIKE THE INSIDE OF A
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BELLY BUTTON.
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<i> ( LAUGHTER )</i> NOW, SONDLAND SAID TODAY HE
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DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS WRONG, BECAUSE NO ONE
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EVER TOLD HIM IT WAS WRONG.
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&gt;&gt; NO ONE SAID, &quot;BACK OFF OF UKRAINE, THIS IS DANGEROUS,
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YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S UNTOWARD, WE HAVE CONCERNS.&quot;
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I DON'T REMEMBER ANYBODY SOUNDING ANY ALARM BELL
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BECAUSE, OF COURSE, HAD SOME MENTIONED IT, I WOULD HAVE SAT
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UP AND TAKEN NOTICE.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: OF COURSE NO ONE TOLD YOU IT WAS WRONG!
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YOU ARE THE PATSY!
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THAT'S WHY NO ONE SAYS, &quot;HEY, CAN YOU TAKE THIS BACKPACK
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THROUGH CUSTOMS FOR ME?
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I WOULD DO IT MYSELF, BUT IT'S SO FULL OF HEROIN.&quot;
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WANT TO TAKE IT?
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NO?
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DELICIOUS.&quot;
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<i> ( APPLAUSE )</i> HI!
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WATCH ON THE.
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SONDLAND ALSO REMEMBERED THAT HE DID TALK TO TRUMP ON AN
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UNSECURED PHONE FROM A KIEV RESTAURANT, BUT THE PART HE
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REMEMBERS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU: &gt;&gt; WHAT TRIGGERED MY
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MEMORY WAS SOME REFERENCE TO A$AP ROCKY WHICH WAS I BELIEVE
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THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE PHONE CALL.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: YEAH, A$AP ROCKY WAS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE CALL,
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AS IN: (AS TRUMP)
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&quot;ZELENSKY BETTER LAUNCH THE BIDEN INVESTIGATION ASAP, OR HIS
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LIFE'S GONNA GET ROCKY.&quot;
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NOW-- &quot;PUT A BEAT BEHIND THAT.&quot;
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NOW, DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS ON THE COMMITTEE ASK SONDLAND ABOUT THE
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COLORFUL LANGUAGE HE REPORTEDLY USED WHEN TALKING TO TRUMP ABOUT
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ZELENSKY.
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&gt;&gt; WELL, HE ALSO TESTIFIED THAT YOU CONFIRMED TO PRESIDENT
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TRUMP THAT YOU WERE IN UKRAINE AT THE TIME, AND THAT PRESIDENT
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ZELENSKY, QUOTE, LOVES YOUR ASS, END QUOTE.
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DO YOU RECALL SAYING THAT?
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&gt;&gt; YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD SAY.
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THAT'S HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I COMMUNICATE-- A LOT OF FOUR
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LETTER WORDS.
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IN THIS CASE, THREE LETTER.
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&gt;&gt; Stephen: HUH.
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THEY REALLILY USED FOUR-LETTER WORDS AND THREE-LETTER WORDS?
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QUID.
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PRO.
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QUO.
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THAT CHECKS OUT.
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WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
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JOHN HEILEMAN AND ALEX WAGNER FROM &quot;THE CIRCUS&quot; ARE HERE.
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BUT WHEN WE RETURN, MY LIVE COVERAGE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
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PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE!
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IT STICKS AROUND!