Sources with firsthand knowledge of former U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker's testimony to House investigators told Fox News that he said he consulted with U.S. envoy to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, and President Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in August regarding a draft statement from Ukraine on corruption. Volker told House investigators at his Oct. 3 closed-door interview that Giuliani was involved in conversations concerning the draft statement "because the Ukrainians asked to be connected to him" and "that information flow would reach the president," according to the sources. Sondland and Giuliani worked with Andriy Yermak, a senior aide to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Volker testified. Volker insisted in his testimony that he "was never asked to do anything that I thought was wrong," the sources said. Trump, meanwhile, tweeted on the eve of Sondland's testimony late Wednesday that the House should vote to "censure" Schiff.

Source: Fox News October 17, 2019 12:03 UTC