general to ensure it furthered u.s. interest and that omb researched and provided information about which foreign countries were contributing money to ukraine. president trump told senator johnsonp on august 31st we're reviewing it now and you'll probably like my final decision. he told ambassador sondland on september 9th i want zelensky to do what he ran on. president zelensky who ran on an anti-corruption platform was an untried politician with ties to a potential controversial oligarch. vice president pence relayed to zelensky that on september 1st themb need for reform was paramount. after president zelensky passed historicky anti-corruption reforms, theco pause on securit assistance was lifted and the presidents met two weeks later. the ukraine government never tookve any action on investigations at issue in the