>> in the presence of my staff at a restaurant ambassador sondland called president trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. a member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. ambassador sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. following the call with president trump, the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what president trump thought about ukraine. ambassador sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pressing for. at the time i gave my deposition on october 22nd, i was not aware of this information. i am including it here for completeness. as the committee knows i reported this information through council through the state department's legal advisor as well as to council for both the majority and minority of this committee. it is my understanding that the committee is following up on