'If you go to what actually happened, you have the President of the United States, seeking to have dirt from a foreign national, from a foreign leader, on his opponent.' RepSpeier on Trump pressing Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.
In Volker's statement, which was delivered during his closed-door testimony Thursday and obtained by CNN, the US diplomat portrays himself as someone who was seeking to divert Giuliani's influence on the President and help Trump see that the new government was serious about reform.
Republicans leaving Thursday's closed-door interview argued that Volker testimony in fact pushed back on the Democrats impeachment claims, and will likely turn to Volker's comments he believed foreign aid was unconnected to Giuliani's push for an investigation.
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