Kurt Volker, former US special envoy for Ukraine, told House investigators that he urged Ukraine's leadership not to interfere in US politics in a conversation that followed the call between President Trump and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, sources say
Kurt Volker's testimony behind closed doors seems to confirm the whistleblower description in the complaint that Volker and another US diplomat"provided advice to the Ukrainian leadership about how to 'navigate' the demands that the President made.
Sources: Special envoy to Ukraine resigns 00:56The meeting was important to Zelensky, who pushed to come to Washington on the July 25 call. According to the rough transcript, the President responds first that he will have Attorney General William Barr and Rudy Giuliani get in touch and then says:"Whenever you would like to come to the White House, feel free to call. Give us a date and we'll work that out. I look forward to seeing you."But the meeting never happened.
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