taylor, writes to other american diplomats, "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign." in a later text gordon sondland, a trump appointee and a major donor, says "there's no quid pro quo but let's take this offline," saying "i suggest we stop the back and forth by text." which makes you wonder. why they wanted to make sure that the rest of the conversation was not in writing. okay. there's also this. here's what the "wall street journal" is reporting tonight. that president trump himself ordered ambassador marie yovanovitch removed from her post in ukraine months early. that's after rudy giuliani without any evidence accused her of trying to undermine the president in blocking the investigation of biden that he wanted. the journal reports that a source says state department officials were told that