verge dramatically from those listening had expected. president trump spoke to gordon sondland prior to this phone daul, the u.s. ambassador to the european union who donated $1 million to the president's inaugural campaign. and who had been directed by the president himself to take on a leading role in ukraine issues. ambassador sondland relaid the president's message to president zelensky through ambassador kurt volker who had had lunch that day with president zelensky's top aide andre yermac who appears repeatedly through this scheme as president zelensky's right hand man. ambassador volker texted mr. yermac with president trump's direction. good lunch. thanks. heard from white house. assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down visit for -- we will nail down for