ukraine's long profound history of endemic corruption. several witnesses in the inquiry have testified about these problems. ambassador marie yovanovitch said for example ukraine's corruption is f not just prevalt butst frankly is the system. witnesses testified to having firsthand knowledge that president trump isg deeply skeptical of ukraine due to its corruption dating back years and that that skepticism contributed to president trump's initial hesitancy to meet with president zelensky. ambassador volker testified so i know he had a very deep-rooted skeptical view and my understanding at the time was that even though he agreed in the meeting that we had with him say, okay, i'll invite them, he didn't really want to do it, volker said. that's why the meeting kept getting delayed.