the investigation. we have the president's many public statements, including his october 3rd statement that ukraine and china should investigate his political rival. even the minority counsel, mr. castor admitted there was direct evidence. he said, quote, we had some direct evidence on certain things and we had some direct evidence on the may 23rd meeting and sondland gave some direct evidence, end quote. the secondhand accounts are also extensively corroborated. for example, ambassador taylor and mr. morrison both testified that during a september 7th phone call with ambassador sondland, president trump said there was no quid pro quo, but that president zelensky had to go to the microphone and announce investigations, kind of giving with one hand and taking away with the other. ambassador sondland testified he had no reason to dispute ambassador saylor and mr. morrison's testimony about this conversation. there's also circumstantial