The recording, which The Washington Post has not independently verified, appears to corroborate an account of the evening by Lev Parnas, a former associate of Trump’s personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani. In a recent interview, Parnas said he told Trump that evening that Yovanovitch was working against him. ADIn the interview, he apologized to Yovanovitch, saying he now believes he was wrong about her. Parnas’s attorney, Joseph A. Bondy, said that the recording was not leaked by him or his client, but that it validates Parnas’s recollection of that event with Trump. Four days later, Lutsenko told Parnas that work on the case against the owner of the gas company was proceeding successfully and evidence of the money transfers of “B” had been obtained.

Source: Washington Post January 24, 2020 21:11 UTC