Rudy Giuliani, a central figure in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald...
NEW YORK - Rudy Giuliani, a central figure in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, on Saturday played down his role in a proposed statement negotiated between U.S. diplomats and Ukrainian officials this summer about fighting corruption in the eastern European country.
Giuliani said Volker and Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, came to him about the proposed statement on corruption and asked for his advice on what should be in it. In prepared testimony to the committees, Volker said Giuliani had called him and Sondland and said “he believed the Ukrainian president needed to make a statement about fighting corruption” and that he had discussed it with a top aide to Zelenskiy.
Volker said he edited the draft statement to include the points, but Yermak did not want to mention Burisma and 2016, and he agreed. Ultimately, the statement was shelved.
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