New Giuliani Tape Shows Key Witness Didn't Testify Accurately in First Trump Impeachment

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New Giuliani Tape Shows Key Witness Didn’t Testify Accurately in First Trump Impeachment – Mother Jones

New Giuliani tape shows key witness didn’t testify accurately in first Trump impeachment
Kurt Volker said he didn't know Trump wanted Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Biden. New audio indicates he did.
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12:29 PM · Jun 10, 2021

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/new-giuliani-tape-shows-kurt-volker-didnt-testify-accurately-in-first-trump-impeachment/


The testimony of a key witness in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial is under new scrutiny by the House Intelligence Committee following a report this week that undercuts the veracity of his claim that he was unaware of a Trump effort to pressure Ukraine into mounting a meritless investigation of Joe Biden.

On Monday, CNN reported new details of a July 2019 call between Rudy Giuliani, then–US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, and Andriy Yermak, a top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During that call, Giuliani, then Trump’s personal lawyer, aggressively pressed Ukraine to announce investigations into dubious accusations about Biden and about alleged Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election. Portions of this conversation have previously been reported by BuzzFeed News and Time, but CNN published the full audio of the 40-minute call. The recording of the conversation contradicts Volker’s sworn testimony to Congress that he never witnessed any attempt on the part of Trump and Giuliani to muscle Ukraine into launching an investigation of Biden, Trump’s possible opponent in the upcoming presidential election.

The discrepancy between Volker’s testimony and the recording of the call has drawn the attention of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who tells Mother Jones that Volker’s assertions to Congress amounted to “a disingenuous revision of history.”

A former aide to the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who was appointed ambassador to NATO by George W. Bush, Volker is a foreign policy establishment figure who retains posts at a prominent DC lobbying firm and a think tank. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson picked Volker as a special representative to Ukraine in 2017, a nominally part-time job that overlapped with the duties of then-US Ambassador Maria Yovanovitch, who Trump later fired.

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He lied....c'mon journalists. Do better.

[elleng]

1. 'The discrepancy between Volker's testimony and the recording of the call

has drawn the attention of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who tells Mother Jones that Volker’s assertions to Congress amounted to “a disingenuous revision of history.”

'“a disingenuous revision of history.”' is NOT correct, and is much too mild. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff should change his stance; ENOUGH mild-mannered, civilized talk.

[yonder]

2. Yes, far more serious than that. Lying to Congress?

What would the charges be if he were lying to protect a Democrat? He'd likely be in jail by now.

[spanone]

3. LOCK HIM UP.

MAKE THEM PAY.

[leftieNanner]

4. May we PLEEEEASE have some consequences

For these liars??

Damn.

[lagomorph777]

5. He doesn't have a pardon in hand. NAIL HIS ASS.

[world wide wally]

6. Prosecute for Christ's sake!

[Duppers]

17. YES, DOJ hop on this, now.

[greenjar_01]

7. They lie with impunity because they have impunity - the Congress simply won't act to assure

truthful testimony under oath.

They were desperate to smear Biden on this because they knew he was the main threat, and he was. That Volker, who forged an otherwise honorable career, got the Trump stink all over him is just more evidence of the obvious point: anybody who goes near the Trump orbit is tainted. These people are trash, and you don't get to roll around in the trash without getting up with the stink.

[DanieRains]

8. Rut Roh

A crime if you are poor minority with no money.

For movers and shakers being a criminal is part of the gig.

Nothing happens to rich criminals usually.

[Bondor]

9. perjury charges?

Do we insist people tell the truth in testimony or not? If not, as we face many people willing to lie, we accept their doing so with impunity. I am not that kind of Democrat. Bring back the rule of law and smite the MF'ers! The truth matters!!

[monkeyman1]

10. IF !

if you where a every day person & pulled this lieing bull shit , you would be in jail so fast it would make your head spin !! American people are fed up with it & the media running it's gum's about it !! I did 3 tour's in v.n. in the jungle's & for what ? to have the privilege of putting up with little fucking kid's in congress that can't play nice !! what a bunch of asshole's .

[Red Mountain]

11. Who would be responsible for bringing charges?

They need to be held accountable.

[2naSalit]

12. I felt like he was lying.

Given info we saw prior to the impeachment.

[Mr. Ected]

13. He fucking perjured himself, as did every single MF'er that put their damned hand up in the air

And swore to tell the truth in the eyes of the very Lord that purportedly gives them the moral high ground in our country.

Every single one of these fuckers needs to be gathered up, thrown in jail, and forced to answer for their perjury.

A nation of laws that doesn't enforce those laws against those who govern us is not a nation of laws at all. So tired of the slow hand of justice masturbating until everyone has forgotten the crime.

[FakeNoose]

14. It's OK if you're a Republican

... until it isn't.

[malaise]

15. K & R

This is HUGE!

[Jopin Klobe]

16. "... Didn't Testify Accurately ..." ...

... please ... can't we all just say "lie", "lying", lied"? from now on? ...

[DallasNE]

18. Translation: Disingenuous Revision Equals Perjury

Didn't this guy donate $1 million to Trump to get this job?

[Kali]

20. that was Gordon Sondland

ambassador to the European Union

[Blue Owl]

19. K&R for exposure

Lock him up!