while directing the process. the official ads, the counsel's office did suggest some changes. some were made, others rejected. to be clear, in part because it contains so many errors and misstatements, the letter is not being regarded as a serious document. tonight john bean called it pathetic. david gergen, who has served four u.s. presidents, said it reads like a two-bid dictator. later today, the speaker was asked about the document. >> your reaction to the president's letter? >> no reaction. it's ridiculous. >> you have no reaction? why not? >> no, i mean, i haven't even fully read it. we've been working. i've seen the essence of it, though, and it's really sick. >> tonight the trump campaign is also using language similar to that letter to pelosi in a fund-raising email to supporters. under the subject line "impeachment war," it reads -- "by proceeding with an invalid impeachment, democrats are violating their oaths of office, breaking their allegiance to the