investigation, were the veracity of the allegations in the complaint looked into? there were many references to white house officials. do you know if the ig spoke with those white house officials? do you know if he investigated, again, the truthfulness of these allegations? or was it a preliminary investigation? >> congresswoman, i'd have to defer to the ig to respond to you on that. but i do know -- although i do not know the identity of the whistle-blower, i do know that michael atkinson had, in fact, discussed this with the whistle-blower and found his complaint to be credible. as far as who else he spoke with, i'm unweaware of what wen on into michael atkinson's investigation into this matter. >> so as of today, the only individual we know the ig spoke with is the complainant, is the author and the whistle-blower? >> congresswoman, what i'm saying is i'm unaware who else michael atkinson may have spoken