according to many witnesses was testifying to the fact that quid pro quo had in fact occurred. so his testimony next week is going to be highly anticipated. you know, i m sure that the president will try to distance position further from gordon sondland. he already has saying at first that he is a really great guy and then saying that he doesn t really know him. but ultimately you have many diplomats and officials who have testified to the fact that gordon sondland briefed him before the july 25th phone call, was negotiating behind the scenes and working with kurt volker and bill taylor to tell the ukranians what they would have to do in order to get the coveted white house meeting with the president and get the aid released. and this will be a busy week ahead in timpeachment inquiry. we have public testimony coming up from fiona hill and vindmaler vindm
vindman. what should we look to hear from them. vindman was one the first officials to testify that top white house lawyer john eisenburg moved the record of that phone call into this top secret code word system. and in an effort essentially to restrict access to it. to conceal it. because he thought that it contained of course very politically damaging information and that the president asking for investigations into the bidens from volodymyr zelensky. and vindman has also testified that john eisenburg told him to be quiet about the phone call further adding evidence to this idea that perhaps the white house was trying to cover it up. fiona hill, a top white house official, who was present for a lot of conversations about ukraine, she can shed light on motivations behind the scenes as well. natasha, thank you. and new accusations of witness intimidation following the dramatic public testimony by the former ambassador marie