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188 Giuliani: I didn't go to Ukraine to start an investigation, there already was one, Fox News (May 11, 2019) (online at https://video.foxnews.com/v/6035385372001/#sp=show-clips).
189 Trump: Discussing a Biden probe with Barr would be ‘appropriate’, Politico (May 10, 2019) (online at www.politico.com/story/2019/05/10/trump-biden-ukraine-barr-1317601) (documenting Giuliani text message).
190 Trump: Discussing a Biden probe with Barr would be ‘appropriate’, Politico (May 10, 2019) (online at www.politico.com/story/2019/05/10/trump-biden-ukraine-barr-1317601) (documenting Giuliani text message).
191 Donald J. Trump, Twitter (May 3, 2019) (online at https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1124359594418032640)
192 Kent Dep. Tr. at 338-339.
193 Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Orban of Hungary Before Bilateral Meeting, The White House (May 13, 2019) (online at www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-prime- minister-orban-hungary-bilateral-meeting/).
194 In Hungary, a Freewheeling Trump Ambassador Undermines U.S. Diplomat’s, New York Times (Oct. 22, 2019) (online at www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/world/europe/david-cornstein-hungary-trump-orban.html); Hungarian prime minister earns rare rebuke from European bloc that has long backed him, The Washington Post (Mar. 20, 2019) (online at www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/hungarys-orban-earns-rare-rebuke-from- european-bloc-that-has-long-backed-him/2019/03/20/83be110a-4b17-11e9-8cfc-2c5d0999c21e_story.html).
195 Kent Dep. Tr. at 339.
196 Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Orban of Hungary Before Bilateral Meeting, The White House (May 13, 2019) (online at www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-prime- minister-orban-hungary-bilateral-meeting/).
197 Kent Dep. Tr. at 253.
198 Kent Dep. Tr. at 254.
199 Williams Dep. Tr. at 37-38.
200 Vindman-Williams Hearing Tr. at 14. Other witnesses testified that Vice President Pence may not have been able to attend on account of scheduling issues. See Hill Dep. Tr. at 316 (“there was a lot of scheduling issues” regarding the attempts to schedule the Vice President’s participation in the delegation); Kent Dep. Tr. at 189-191 (Vice President Pence was not available); Volker Transcribed Interview Tr. at 288-290, 293 (Volker “wasn’t surprised” Pence could not make it and assumed it was a matter of scheduling). However, Ms. Williams was the only staff member in the Office of the Vice President to testify before the Committees, and the only witness to testify to having heard an explanation from Vice President Pence’s staff about why Vice President Pence did not attend the inauguration.
201 Williams Dep. Tr. at 39.
202 Holmes Dep. Tr. at 37.
203 Holmes Dep. Tr. at 37.
204 Rudy Giuliani, Twitter (May 18, 2019) (online at
https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1129761193755910144)
205 Kolomoisky: We Called Varkuch and Asked: ‘Do You Support Zelensky or No?’, Pravda (May 27, 2019) (online at www.pravda.com.ua/rus/articles/2019/05/27/7216183/).
206 Kolomoisky: We Called Varkuch and Asked: ‘Do You Support Zelensky or No?’, Pravda (May 27, 2019) (online at www.pravda.com.ua/rus/articles/2019/05/27/7216183/).
207 Holmes Dep. Tr. at 16.
208 Volker Transcribed Interview Tr. at 288-290; Vindman Dep. Tr. at 125. 209 Holmes Dep. Tr. at 101.
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