investigation. on september 7th, ambassador sondland had a telephone call with trump and asked him what he wanted from ukraine. according to morrison, who spoke with ambassador sondland after the call, he insisted there was no quid pro quo. president zelensky must personally announce the opening of the investigations and he should want to do it. he also said that if president zelensky didn't agree to make a statement, the u.s. and ukraine would be at a stalemate, meaning it would not receive the much needed security assistance. morrison had a sinking feeling after the call as he realized that the ask was now being directed by zelensky himself and not the prosecutor general as he had relate to his senior ukraine aid in warsaw on september 1st. while president trump claims there was no quid pro quo, his insistence that zelensky himself was publicly announcing investigations whether it be a