Yesterday, david holmes, an aide to the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, told lawmakers that he overheard trump make that request while on a phone call with the u. S. Ambassador to the eu, Gordon Sondland. This according to a copy of holmes Opening Statement obtained by cnn. This follows a day of dramatic and unflappable testimony from the ousted ambassador of ukraine, marie yovanovitch. The career diplomat told lawmakers that she was, im quoting now, shocked and devastated, end quote, after learning the president disparaged her in his july phone call with the ukrainian president. And yovanovitch talked about how isolated and hurt she was after being removed from her post by what she calls a campaign of disinformation from the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani. In the face of this Smear Campaign, did colleagues at the state department try to get a statement of support for you from secretary pompeo . Yes. Were they successful . No. Did you come to learn that they couldnt issue