the better part of a year. they tried to slow walk his demand to fire her several times until he got frustrated enough where they couldn't protect her anymore. we saw that on friday, what a compelling witness she is. you have bill taylor, you talk about alex vindman, these are career officials, career diplomats who have taken hardship posts, who are recipients of purple hearts and bronze stars. the very definition of compelling witnesses. now giving trump side has been gordon sondland, who we've already had questions come up about his testimony behind closed doors already. and you look at his background. he raised mouny for a democratic governor in org gon and he raised money for romney and got a spot on the transition committee, he raised money for trump and got a post to eu ambassador. he's the definition of the swamp that trump swore he would drain.