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 26 Morrison-Volker Hearing Tr. at 27.

27 Nickolay Kapitonenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Parliament's Foreign Policy Committee, described Giuliani as a "mythical link to the U.S." who is viewed as "an extension of Trump." Giuliani Sits at the Center of the Ukraine Controversy, Wall Street Journal (Sept. 26, 2019) (online at www.wsj.com/articles/giuliani-sits-at-thecenter-of-the-ukraine-controversy-11569546774); David Sakvarelidze, a former Ukrainian deputy prosecutor general, stated, "Lutsenko was trying to save his political skin by pretending to be Trumpist at the end of his career." Meet the Ukrainian Ex-Prosecutor Behind the Impeachment Furor, New York Times (Oct. 5, 2019) (online at www nytimes.com/2019/10/05/world/europe/ukraine-prosecutor-trump.html).

28 Yovanovitch Dep. Tr. at 30.

29 Donald J. Trump, Twitter (Jan. 17, 2019) (online at https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1086096691613323265) ("Gregg Jarrett: 'Mueller's prosecutors knew the 'Dossier' was the product of bias and deception.' It was a Fake, just like so much news coverage in our Country. Nothing but a Witch Hunt, from beginning to end!").

30 Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Background to "Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections": The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution (Jan. 6, 2017) (online at www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf); Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election (May 8, 2018) (online at www.intelligence.senate.gov/publications/report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-activemeasures); House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Report on Russian Active Measures (Mar. 22, 2018) (online at https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/20180322/108023/HRPT-115-1_1-p1-U3.pdf); House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Views (Mar. 26, 2018) (online at https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20180411_-_final_-_hpsci_minority_views_on_majority_report.pdf).

31 President Trump's Former National Security Advisor 'Deeply Disturbed' by Ukraine Scandal: 'Whole World Is Watching,' ABC News (Sept. 29, 2019) (online at https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trumpsnational-security-advisor-deeply-disturbed-ukraine/story?id=65925477).

32 ''Charges of Ukrainian Meddling? A Russian Operation, U.S. Intelligence Says'', New York Times (Nov. 22, 2019) (online at www nytimes.com/2019/11/22/us/politics/ukraine-russia-interference html).

33 Hill-Holmes Hearing Tr. at 56-57.

34 Kent Dep. Tr. at 45.

35 Volker Transcribed Interview Tr. at 330.

36 Id. at 330; Explainer: Biden, Allies, Pushed Out Ukrainian Prosecutor Because He Didn't Pursue Corruption Cases, USA Today (Oct. 3, 2019) (online at www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/03/whatreally-happened-when-biden-forced-out-ukraines-top-prosecutor/3785620002/).

37 See, e.g., Ukraine Prosecutor Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Bidens, Bloomberg (May 16, 2019) (online at www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-16/ukraine-prosecutor-says-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-bybidens) ("Hunter Biden did not violate any Ukrainian laws—at least as of now, we do not see any wrongdoing. A company can pay however much it wants to its board ... Biden was definitely not involved ... We do not have any grounds to think that there was any wrongdoing starting from 2014.").

38 Notes of Call with Viktor Shokin (Jan. 23, 2019); Ukraine Prosecutor Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Bidens, Bloomberg (May 16, 2019) (online at www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-16/ukraineprosecutor-says-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-by-bidens).

39 Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump, New York Times (Nov.27, 2019) (online at www nytimes.com/2019/11/27/nyregion/giuliani-ukraine-business-trump html); Ukraine Prosecutor Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Bidens, Bloomberg (May 16, 2019) (online at www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-16/ukraine-prosecutor-says-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-by-bidens).

40 Notes of Meeting with Yuriy Lutsenko (Jan. 25, 2019); Ukraine Prosecutor Says No Evidence of Wrongdoing by Bidens, Bloomberg (May 16, 2019) (online at www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-0516/ukraine-prosecutor-says-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-by-bidens).