zelensky's inauguration as another way of pressuring ukraine to investigate former vice presidentga biden. jennifer williams, a senior advisor in the officeio of the vice president, testified that a colleague -- she said it was the chief of staff's assistant -- told her, the chief of staff's assistant, that president trump hadsi directed vice president pence not to attend the inauguration. however, williams had no firsthand knowledge of any such direction or the reasons given for any such direction. if indeed such a direction was given, it's not clear from the evidence why it was done because the vice president's office was juggling other potential trips during that time and the ukrainian parliament scheduled the election on an extremely short time frame.