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GOP-requested witness rejects Trump 'conspiracy theories'
By COLLEEN LONG and
ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Sought by Republicans to
testify, the former U.S. spe-
cial envoy to Ukraine spoke
up instead for Democrat
Joe Biden in Tuesday's
impeachment hearings,
rejecting "conspiracy the-
ories" embraced by Presi-
dent Donald Trump and
some of his allies.
Kurt Volker said he has
known Biden as an honor-
able man for more than
two decades, rebuffing
debunked corruption al-
legations that Trump is
said to have wanted the
Ukrainians to investigate in
exchange for military aid
to hold off Russian aggres- Ambassador Kurt Volker, left, former special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, a former official at the National Security Council
sion. are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public
impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.
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