he was so disturbed by what he heard, okay, and so concerned that it was damaging to u.s. interests that he reported not once but twice. and here's a quote. he says, i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen, and i was worried about the implications for the u.s. government's support of ukraine. i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play, which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support that it has thus far maintained. okay? he also says this, and i quote here. he said, in the spring of 2019, i became aware of outside influencers promoting a false narrative of ukraine inconsistent with the consensus views of the interagency. this narrative was harmful to u.s. government -- u.s. government policy while my