(CNN) An aide to Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers that she was on a call between Pence and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and that it was "similar" to the April 21 call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart. Williams also listened to a second call between Pence and Zelensky, which took place on September 18 after the hold on security assistance was lifted. Williams said Pence told Zelensky, "President Trump would be eager to hear about President Zelensky's progress in his reform agenda." "And so the idea that the security assistance would be permanently withheld wasn't as much of a serious consideration?" But nobody brought up investigations, and there was no warning to Pence that Zelensky may have been on alert about them.

Source: CNN November 17, 2019 00:10 UTC