fair trial. i now yield to my colleague manager. mr. chief justice, members of the senate, counsel for the president, last week the house managers argued for the testimony of four witnesses, ambassador john bolton, mick mulvaney, robert blair, and michael duffey, and during the presentation from both parties, it has become abundantly clear why the direct testimony from those witnesses is so critical, and new evidence continues to underscore that importance, so let s start with john bolton. the president s counsel has repeatedly stated that the president didn t personally tell any of our witnesses that he linked the military aid to the