and just today through the good work of chris van hollen, who you'll hear from shortly, the gao found that it was illegal, illegal for president trump to withhold military assistance from ukraine to pressure them to interfere in the 2020 elections. both the revelations about mr. parnas and the gao opinion strengthen our push for witnesses and documents in the trial. the gao opinion especially makes clear that the documents we requested in our letter to leader mcconnell are even more needed now than when we requested it last month. finish -- because president trump, simply put, broke the law are. every senator will get a chance to vote to obtain these documents next week. now returning to how i began, the oath we all just took will weigh heavily on senators to