while ambassador volker and i visited the front, a member of my staff accompanied ambassador sondland, ambassador sondland met with mr. yermak. following that meeting in the presence of my staff at a restaurant, ambassador sondland called president trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. the member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. ambassador sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. they asked what president trump thought about ukraine. ambassador sondland said president trump cares more about the investigations of biden which juliangiuliani was pressi. at the time i gave my deposition on october 22nd, i was not aware of this information. i'm including it here for completeness. as the committee knows, i reported this information through counsel to the state