contact reported to us privately that mr. lutsenko was sending thesenk messages and had met wi an american journalist to try to get those messages out. what was the u.s. embassy in ukraine s view of prosecutor general lutsenko? he was not a good partner. he had failed to deliver on the promised reforms that he had committed to when he took office. and he was using his office to insulate andic protect politica allies while presumably enriching himself. anotheren way to describe th corrupt? yes. now i m going to take a look at a couple excerpts from this july 25th call with you and the first one occurs right after president zelensky thanked president trump for the united states support in the area of defense. president trump immediately then