and that the investigation was very important for him as well. adding "i guarantee that all the investigations will be done openly and candidly. that i can assure you." okay, handling investigations openly and can -- candidly. sounds like an evil plot. how nefarious of them. there is no quid pro quo and the president never hinted ukrainian aid would be withheld if a further investigation wasn't done. at this point i think it's pretty obvious that the democrats overplayed their hand big time. they based their impeachment move on a whistle-blower who didn't even hear the conversation and who grossly exaggerated what happened in it. which brings me to point number two. the president not only did nothing wrong, he went above and beyond his duty to his office, hoping to discover what happened in the lead up to the 2016