But both Giuliani and the meeting's other participants denied Parnas' account to the Times. Giuliani rebutted Parnas' claim, telling the Times, "Categorically, I did not tell him to say that." Shefir told the Times in a statement that he met with Parnas and Fruman. He noted that Parnas and Fruman did not bring up military aid and had asked for a meeting between Zelensky and Giuliani. Pence's office told the Times that it had communicated to Ukrainian officials that Pence would not attend a week before the inauguration on May 13.

Source: CNN November 11, 2019 01:47 UTC