President Trump defended U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday after Witkoff was heard in an Oct. 14 phone call coaching Russians on how to pitch the Ukraine peace plan to Trump. Bloomberg released a transcript of the call after obtaining the audio. "I haven't heard it, no, but that's a standard thing, and you know, because he's got to sell this to Ukraine," he said. "He's got to sell Ukraine to Russia... That's what a dealmaker does." | CBS News

Rep. Eugene Vindman is calling on the Trump administration to release the transcript of a "concerning" 2019 phone call between President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. "The Khashoggi family and the American people deserve to know what was said on that call," Vindman said Friday at a news conference on Capitol Hill. Vindman said he reviewed the call while working as a legal adviser to the National Security Council during Tr