Public to Get Glimpse at Trump’s Back-Channel Ukraine Effort
- Transcripts of two central players’ testimony to be released
- Sondland, Volker earlier distanced selves from Giuliani effort
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House Democrats will release closed-door testimony from two central players in President Donald Trump’s back-channel effort to influence the Ukrainian government, a key initial step as the impeachment inquiry shifts to a new, public phase.
The release on Tuesday will offer the American public a closer look at what Kurt Volker and Gordon Sondland said behind closed doors to House impeachment committees last month and could help clarify their own roles and what their efforts on Trump’s behalf were intended to achieve.