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>> did you learn that mr. giuliani requested anything of the ukrainian's at that meeting? >> only when i spoke with mr. giuliani afterward. he said that he thought ukraine should issue a statement. i spoke with mr. yermak after that. he said yes, we are prepared to make a statement. that kicked off a series of discussions that i say at the end of my testimony. >> we will get into that and a second. mr. giuliani did not explain to you what needed to be included in that statement? >> he said something more general as i recall. i recall him saying, fight corruption, that there were commitments be...

You testified a little bit about you have served our country the june 28th conference call that you had with ambassador well. and here's the saddest, one of sondland, ambassador taylor, i'm the saddest things about all this what the democrats are putting us through, you two guys not sure if deputy secretary kent was on the line. who are here telling it >> i don't believe so. straight, you both decided >> and secretary perry before you're going to step out of you looped in president government because of what these guys are doing. zelensky. am i right about the and that's the sad thing. partici...

Ukrainian officials pushing for a white house meeting. volker writing to an aide for zelensky, assuming president z. convinces president trump he will investigate, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for the president to washington. good luck. on august 9th, sondland messages volker. i think potus wants the deliverable. should ask for the ukrainian president's aid in drafting a statement to see exactly what they propose to cover. volker will also appear on tuesday. >> kurt volker, let's remember, is a former career foreign service officer. volker knew what norm...

>> we've got text messages from volker and sondland. >> reporter: volker's private text message the morning of the july 25th call revealed ukrainian officials pushing for a white house meeting. volker, writing to an aide for zelensky, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate and get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for the visit to washington. good luck. on august 9th, sondland messages volker. i think potus really wants the deliverable. going on to suggest volker should ask for the ukrainian president's aid in crafting a draft statement so we ca...

House democrats are trying to build. >> reporter: former special representative to ukraine kurt volker defendd the president's actions in closed-door testimony telling lawmakers there was, quote, no leverage implied. >> there was no linkage. and i think further testimony in depositions will confirm that multiple times. >> we've got text messages from vlker and sondland. >> reporter: volker's private text message the morning of the july 25th call revealed ukrainian officials pushing for a white house meeting. volker, writing to an aide for zelensky, assuming president z convinces trump he will ...