notice. taylor testified, quote, i and others sat in astonishment. the ukrainians were fighting the russians and counted on not only the training and weapons but also the assurance of u.s. support. all that the omb staff person said was that this directive to withhold the military aid had come from the president. so, that was bill tailor's very dramatic testimony. today he got back up. today catherine croft corroborated that directly and basically entirely. this was her testimony today. she said, quote, on july 18th, same date that tayloride identified, i participated in a video conference where an omb representative reported that the white house chief of staff had placed an informal hold on security assistance to ukraine. the only reason given was that the order came at the direction of the president. so, to extent that bill tailor's testimony last week that