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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust heard on MSNBC that Volker may be "amending" his deposition.
Any idea what this might be about?
Nevilledog
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(3,191 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Vindman this morning, it should be an interesting afternoon.
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)brooklynite
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(14,961 posts)triron
(21,984 posts)been contradicted by other reliable witnesses.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Because I meant to say, "I don't recall."
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Link: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/trumps-ukraine-envoy-may-have-lied-to-congress-more-than-a-dozen-times-law-professor/
Rawstory
Trumps Ukraine envoy may have lied to Congress more than a dozen times: Law professor
For example, Volker wrote in his opening statement that [A]t no time was I aware of or took part in an effort to urge Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Biden. But the testimony of State Department officials William Taylor, David Holmes, and George Kent, EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, and National Security Council officials Tim Morrison and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman all referenced Volker, at various points, as actively involved in the effort to get Ukraine to open investigations.
Volker said that he believed there was a valid reason for the hold on Ukrainian aid and that he did not perceive it to be linked to an investigation of the Bidens in any way. But Taylor testified that Volker suggested to him that Trump, being a businessman, felt Ukraine owed him something personally. He also said that Volker announced his intention to tell the Ukrainian president at their July 2 meeting in Toronto to cooperate on investigations if he wanted a White House meeting something Volker never disclosed in his account of that exchange.
On the issue of Rudy Giulianis involvement in foreign policy, Volker told the House Intelligence Committee, He is the Presidents personal attorney. I dont know whether he was representing the President or whether he was doing his own things to try to be helpful to the President. But in a supplemental declaration, Sondland testified that Trump directed Ambassador Volker, Secretary Perry, and me, on May 23, 2019, to discuss issues related to the Presidents concerns about Ukraine, and that all of them, Volker included, understood that satisfying Mr. Giuliani was a condition for scheduling the White House visit, which we all strongly believed to be in the mutual interest of the United States and Ukraine.
More at link above.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Introduction by Ryan Goodman:
He also appears to have lied about a crucial July 10 meeting at the White House and other related matters. Volker faces a serious legal liability problem too.
He made these apparent false statements to Congress in his deposition under penalty of law. The Chart below presents detailed information comparing Volkers testimony to the testimony of at least eleven other current and former U.S. officials whose statements contradict what Volker told Congress.
https://www.justsecurity.org/67314/chart-side-by-side-comparison-of-kurt-volkers-vs-other-witnesses-testimony-in-impeachment-inquiry/
BuffaloJackalope
(818 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)brooklynite
(94,387 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,920 posts)and he freezes his ass off on his way to legal hell!