everyone was in the loop. it was no secret. that was the testimony from ambassador gordon sondland yesterday as he implicated the president, secretary of state, white house chief of staff and the former national security advisor bolton and other administration officials in the plot to bribe the president of ukraine to publicly launch an investigation into joe biden in exchange for u.s. military aid to ukraine that was authorized by congress and that the president was withholding. >> i followed the directions of the president. the suggestion that we were engaged in some irregular or rogue diplomacy is absolutely false. these e-mails show that the leadership of the state department, the national security council and the white house were all informed about the ukraine efforts. >> so should the intelligence committee pursue the testimony of secretary of state mike