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1/ The key to understanding #WhistleblowerGate is to determine when Andriy Yermak petitioned @SpecRepUkraine Volker to arrange talks with himself and @RudyGiuliani. If this happened before @realDonaldTrump's July 25th call it is significant. nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/…
1/ The key to understanding #WhistleblowerGate is to determine when Andriy Yermak petitioned @SpecRepUkraine Volker to arrange talks with himself and @RudyGiuliani. If this happened before @realDonaldTrump's July 25th call it is significant. nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/…
2/ @kenvogel's reporting seems to imply that the @ZelenskyyUa lawyer Yermak's request to meet with Giuliani might've been during his July dispatch to Washington DC.
3/ This occurred on July 11-12 when Yermak met with @AmbJohnBolton, Kurt Volker, and @USAmbEU amongst others. (Yermak far left, Volker far right) m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
4/ In an interview a week after his DC trip, Yermak indicates that his meeting with Volker was a highlight. en.interfax.com.ua/news/interview…
6/ The only other public meeting between Volker and Yermak in this timeframe is on July 26th, the day after the Trump/Zelensky phonecall.
7/ @JoshKovensky reports that this July 26th meeting is where the Giuliani/Yermak arrangement took place, but this is the only outlet that I can find that can corroborate this information. (h/t @Joestradamus91) talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/ukra…
9/ And again, according to @jsolomonReports, this is all stems from Ukrainian Presidents trying to hand over evidence of American criminal conduct to the Trump administration and being thwarted by US Ambassadors and Prosecutors since the summer of 2018! thehill.com/opinion/white-…
10/ In conclusion, all we need to know is when Yermak asked Volker to introduce him to Rudy. If it was before July 25th, this is a bigger nothing burger than the nothing burger it already is. Remember, the #Whistleblower didn't have direct knowledge. 😂 amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/09/20…
11/ Key takeaway from the July 25th transcript is that it was Zelensky who brings up @RudyGiuliani and confirms that his assistant, probably Yermak, and Giuliani spoke before his call with @realDonaldTrump took place. #WhistleblowerComplaint
12/ @RudyGiuliani just confirmed that Volker reached out to him about the meeting with Yermak BEFORE the July 25th call even took place. Zelensky initiated the outreach to Rudy, @realDonaldTrump didn't play a role.
