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House Oversight, Foreign Affairs, and Intel committees have just released portions of the text messages Volker provided to them today during his deposition. (Most if not all have been reported) foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/a…
In which Volker informs Zelensky’s aid that a Zelensky visit to Washington is predicated on convincing Trump that he’ll “get to the bottom of what happened” in 2016.
Zelensky aid texts Volker our @politico story breaking the news that Ukraine military aide was being withheld at Trump’s request
Ambassador Taylor, Sept 1: “Are we now saying that security assistance and WH meeting are conditioned on investigations?”
Volker, July 19: “Most important is for Zelensky to say that he will help investigation—and address any specific personnel issues—if there are any.”
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