NEW: Volker significantly revised aspects of his closed-door testimony, including his earlier claim that no one asked about "investigations" during a July 10 meeting w/ Ukrainians at the White House.
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"I have learned many things that I did not know at the time of the events in question," Volker plans to say, citing things SONDLAND and others were doing/saying that he claims to be in the dark about.
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VOLKER's refreshed recollection and his admission of being out of the loop complicates the GOP's intent to use him to rebut claims of a quid pro quo. Volker now says he was unaware of some of the key components.
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Volker also claims that in his mind he viewed Burisma and Biden as unrelated. Now he knows, per his testimony, that many of his colleagues did not.
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AND, Volker says he "cringes" when he hears the term "Three Amigos" to describe him, Sondland and Perry. He says he reserves that label for McCain, Graham and Lieberman for their work to support the surge in Iraq.
REMINDER: Volker spoke to Giuliani the day after a hold was placed on aid and connected him with a top adviser to Zelensky.
Rudy denied to me in late August that he knew about the hold, the only response he's given before my colleagues made it public.
Rudy denied to me in late August that he knew about the hold, the only response he's given before my colleagues made it public.
VOLKER re: July 25 call: "I don't think that raising 2016 elections or vice president Biden or these things that I consider to be conspiracy theories that are ciruclated by Ukrainians ... they're not things that we should be pursuing."
VOLKER says he tried to convince Trump that Zelensky was elected to clean up corruption but Trump told him he considered Zelensky the same as previous corrupt leaders and told him "Talk to Rudy."
INTERESTING: For the first time, Schifff invokes option to have a second chairman/ranking member round. This one is 15 minutes per side.
MORRISON says Fiona Hill coined "The Gordon Problem" whem she briefed him on Sondland before handing off her job to him in July.
NUNES complaints that Democrats "magically" added another 15 minutes per side before acknowledging that it's allowed under rules adopted in the impeachment inquiry.
Then he said he just wished Schiff had given him a heads up.
Then he said he just wished Schiff had given him a heads up.
CONAWAY arguing that GOP knowing who the whistleblower is would help "level the playing field ... for our two teams."
Jim Jordan only has one questioning speed.
