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 522 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Opening Statement of Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Department of State, Impeachment, 116th Cong. (Nov. 20, 2019) (“2. The call between Zelensky and Potus should happen before 7/21. (Parliamentary Elections) Sole purpose is for Zelensky to give Potus assurances of ‘new sheriff’ in town. Corruption ending, unbundling moving forward and any hampered investigations will be allowed to move forward transparently. Goal is for Potus to invite him to Oval. Volker, Perry, Bolton and I strongly recommend.”).

523 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Opening Statement of Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Department of State, Impeachment, 116th Cong., at 21 (Nov. 20, 2019).

524 Sondland Dep. Tr. at 227.

525 House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Opening Statement of Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Department of State, Impeachment, 116th Cong., at 21 (Nov. 20, 2019).

526 Id.

527 Id.

528 Sondland Hearing Tr. at 27.

529 Verizon Document Production. It is unclear whether this call occurred before or after Ambassador Sondland spoke with President Zelensky, and it is also unclear whether the White House caller was an Administration official or the President himself.

530 Kurt Volker Document Production, Bates KV00000037 (Oct. 2, 2019).

531 Id.

532 Volker Transcribed Interview Tr. at 229-230.

533 Kurt Volker Document Production, Bates KV00000018 (Oct. 2, 2019).

534 Volker Transcribed Interview Tr. at 202-203.

535 Id. at 232.

536 Kurt Volker Document Production, Bates KV00000002 (Oct. 2, 2019).

537 Id. at Bates KV00000018.

538 Volker Transcribed Interview Tr. at 138-139.

539 AT&T Document Production, Bates ATTHPSCI_20190930_02705.

540 Volker Transcribed Interview Tr. at 139.

541 Kurt Volker Document Production, Bates KV00000018 (Oct. 2, 2019).

542 Id. at Bates KV00000002-KV00000003.

543 Id. at Bates KV00000042.

544 Id.

545 Taylor Dep. Tr. at 30.

546 Kurt Volker Document Production, Bates KV000000 37 (Oct. 2, 2019).