The House impeachment inquiry has released transcripts of its closed door interviews with EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine. Text message conversations turned over by Sondland to the committee and other witnesses’ testimony has placed Sondland and Gordon at the center of President Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine to dig up political dirt on his opponents.
Just got through the Yovanovitch testimony and now they hit me with Sondland’s confession that he told the Ukrainians that the aid was conditioned on opening investigations. That’s Bribery and Extortion!!! The conspiracy is now complete!
Btw, the Yovanovitch testimony further confirms that Rudy & Trump had this whole hit job planned and executed with the help of UKR prosecutor Lutsenko way back in the summer of 2018 but that it accelerates in the fall/winter of 2018 just as Rudy is cutting his deal with Manafort to stop cooperating with Mueller. Rudy needs to go to jail now.
In addition, this transcript clearly shows that the SDNY’s investigation of Parnas/Fruman can’t be separated from the House Intel investigation of the UKR scandal. Parnas/Fruman are referred to multiple times in this transcript. Rudy, Parnas and Fruman were working together to help Trump, Russia and grift for themselves. It’s one conspiracy.
[8/10/19, 5:02:18 PM] Kurt Volker: I agree with your approach. Let’s iron out statement and use that to get date and then PreZ can go forward with it?
[8/10/19, 5:26:17 PM] Andrey Yermak: Ok
[8/10/19, 5:38:43 PM] Kurt Volker: Great. Gordon is available to join as well
[8/10/19, 5:41:45 PM] Andrey Yermak: Excellent
[8/10/ 19, 5:42:10 PM] Andrey Yermak: Once we have a date, will call for a press briefing, announcing upcoming visit and outlining vision for the reboot of US- UKRAINE relationship, including among other things Burisma and election meddling in investigations
[8/10/19, 5:42:30 PM] Kurt Volker: Sounds great!
and three days later…
[8/13/19, 10:26:44 AM] Kurt Volker: Special attention should be paid to the problem of interference in the political processes of the United States especially with the alleged involvement of some Ukrainian politicians. I want to declare that this is unacceptable. We intend to initiate and complete a transparent and unbiased investigation of all available facts and episodes, including those involving Burisma and the 2016 U.S. elections, which in turn will prevent the recurrence of this problem in the future.
[8/13/19, 10:27:20 AM] Gordon Sondland: Perfect. Lets send to Andrey after our call
What’s with all this selective leaking of complete transcripts of testimony in which Republican staff and committee members had an equal opportunity to take part and question witnesses? Unfair! Soviet Style investigation!
