those interviews form the basis of a number of records that had dirt on not just the bidens but also marie yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. a lot of these allegations unsubstantiated. but nevertheless guiliani took those records to the state department, asked the state department to investigate. later those were turned over to the inspector general of the state department who turned it over to capitol hill to further investigate this matter. now, shulkin has accused marie yovanovitch of being too close to joe biden, which is one reason why that he was seeking her removal from the post. president trump removed her from that post as well after guiliani had targeted her and that has caused much controversy in the previous weeks and months, causing the resignation of at least one high-level advisor who was concerned that she was being unfairly targeted for political reasons. but all of this, guiliani's efforts, form the basis of what the whistle-blower complaint,