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NEW: A source familiar with the matter tells CNN that the Ukrainian government wrote the initial statement for public release committing to pursue investigations of corruption, which was shared with Kurt Volker
The source said Ukrainians’ purpose for drafting the statement was to try to reinforce with Giuliani, who the Ukrainians knew had influence with Trump, that there was a new team in Ukraine with President Zelensky that was committed to cleaning up corruption in Ukraine
The statement was shared w/ Volker and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, who then shared w/ Giuliani, according to the source. It was Giuliani who suggested to Volker that it did not go far enough and suggested inserting references to pursuing probes of Burisma and the 2016 election
Volker and Sondland then exchanged texts about the draft, which Volker said he would share with an adviser to Zelensky. The Ukrainians told Volker they were not comfortable with the suggested statement, and the matter was ultimately dropped while a meeting w/ Trump was pursued
Full story here: cnn.com/2019/10/03/pol…
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