trump before the call and with president zelensky after. there was preparation and follow-up. possible evidence that president trump's highly unusual request for a foreign government to investigate a domestic rival was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but part of a long-term strategy. and there's more evidence, much more, in the form of text messages among the president's men. special envoy to ukraine textini ambassador sondland on july 19th, six days before the call. volker -- >> most important is for is zelensky to say he'll help investigation. >> so volker, an initial representative of the united states, metre with rudy giulian the president's personal lawyer, about getting the president of ukrainepr to help investigation. the texts show that u.s. diplomats wanted to make sure