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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).

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

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Donald J. Trump, Twitter (May 3, 2019) (online at https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1124359594418032640) 192

Kent Dep. Tr. at 338-339.

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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-primeminister-orban-hungary-bilateral-meeting/). 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-fromeuropean-bloc-that-has-long-backed-him/2019/03/20/83be110a-4b17-11e9-8cfc-2c5d0999c21e_story.html). 194

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Kent Dep. Tr. at 339.

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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-primeminister-orban-hungary-bilateral-meeting/). 197

Kent Dep. Tr. at 253.

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Kent Dep. Tr. at 254.

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Williams Dep. Tr. at 37-38.

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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.

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Holmes Dep. Tr. at 37.

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Holmes Dep. Tr. at 37.

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Rudy Giuliani, Twitter (May 18, 2019) (online at https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1129761193755910144) 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/). 205

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.

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Volker Transcribed Interview Tr. at 288-290; Vindman Dep. Tr. at 125.

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Holmes Dep. Tr. at 101.