A senior White House official explained why there are ellipses in a rough transcript of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine's president that was released today.

"The ellipses do not indicate missing words or phrases," the official said.

So why are the ellipses there? The official said, "They refer to a trailing off of a voice or pause. If there were missing words or phrases, they would be represented by brackets or redactions. This is the standard practice that is followed for all records of Presidential phone calls."

What we know: According to the transcript of the July call, President Trump repeatedly pushed for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to reopen an investigation of his potential 2020 rival, former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. He also asked Zelensky to work with Rudy Giuliani and Attorney General William Barr.