witnessed had acquired greater significance, which is what he reported in his testimony earlier this week. the evidence that david holmes presented that is not hearsay is a telephone call made by donald trump's ambassador to the european union gordon sondland from a restaurant in ukraine to the president of the united states. sitting at the table with ambassador sondland, david holmes could easily hear what the president was saying on the other end of that call. quote, while ambassador sondland's phone was not on speakerphone, i could hear the president's voice through the earpiece of the phone. the president's voice was very loud and recognizable. and ambassador sondland held the phone away from his ear for a period of time presumably because of the loud volume. i heard ambassador sondland greet the president and explain that he was calling from kiev. i heard president trump then clarify that ambassador sondland was in ukraine. ambassador sondland replied,