statement had been definitively scrapped. in september i was surprised to learn there had been further discussions with the ukrainians about president zelensy possibly making a statement in an interview with u.s. media similar to what we had discussed in august. since these events and since i gave my testimony on october 3rd, a great deal of additional information and perspectives have come to light. i've learned many things that i did not know at the time of the events in question. first, at the time i was connecting mr. yermak and mr. giuliani and discussing with mr. yermak and ambassador sondland a possible statement to be made by the ukrainian president i did not know of any linkage between the hold on security assistance and ukraine pursuing investigations. no one had ever said that to me and i never con sayed such a linkage to the ukrainians. i opposed the hold as soon as i learned about it on july 18th and thought we could turn it around before the ukrainians