spoke directly with president trump, and never got orders from president trump related to the money, but he did talk to ambassador sondland, and that s how he got that impression. i think you ll see bill taylor testified next wednesday, one of the first witnesses to testify, and how he need about this, why hi believed this, and obviously the overjaw state of the department itself. i was speaking to one democratic senator who knows bill taylor and has worked with him, and he said the guy is straight out of the center casting. democr democrats are aware of that. they think he s a good witness to do just that. while he s the first of what would be the first will be good to see you, phil. also new thorns. a so respect is confirming to cnn, president trump did ask the attorney general bill barr to hold a news conference in an effort to clear him of any