interim.[1] Ambassador Volker explained that the new Zelensky regime was "actually feeling pretty good by then" about its relationship with the Trump Administration.[2]
On June 4, President Zelensky attended an Independence Day dinner at the U.S. mission to the E.U. hosted by Ambassador Sondland and also attended by White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner.[3]
On July 3, while in Toronto, Canada, for the Ukraine Reform Conference, President Zelensky met with Ambassador Volker and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent.[4]
On July 9, Oleksandr Danylyuk, then-Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and Andrey Yermak, a senior adviser to President Zelensky, met with LTG Keith Kellogg, Vice President Pence's National Security Advisor; Jennifer Williams, a special advisor covering European issues for Vice President Pence; and NSC staff member LTC Alexander Vindman.[5]
On July 10, Danylyuk and Yermak met at the White House with National Security Advisor John Bolton, Secretary Perry, Ambassador Volker, Ambassador Sondland, Dr. Hill, and LTC Vindman.[6]
On July 25, President Trump and President Zelensky spoke by telephone.[7]
On July 26, President Zelensky met with Ambassador Volker, Ambassador Sondland, and Ambassador Taylor in Kyiv.[8] Ambassador Volker testified that the meeting was scheduled before the presidents' phone call.[9] He said President Zelensky was "pleased that the call had taken place . . . . They thought it went well. And they were encouraged again because the President had asked them to pick dates for coming to the White House."[10]
On August 27, President Zelensky met with National Security Advisor Bolton in Kyiv.[11]
On September 1, President Zelensky met with Vice President Pence in Warsaw, Poland, after an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II.[12] President Trump had been scheduled to attend but was forced to cancel due to Hurricane
- ↑ Kent deposition, supra note 65, at 231; Volker transcribed interview, supra note 60, at 127.
- ↑ Volker transcribed interview, supra note 60, at 127.
- ↑ Sondland deposition, supra note 51, at 26-27, 148-49.
- ↑ Kent deposition, supra note 65, at 241; Volker transcribed interview, supra note 60, at 137.
- ↑ Williams deposition, supra note 73, at 51-53.
- ↑ Volker transcribed interview, supra note 60, at 66-67; Hill deposition, supra note 12, at 62-63.
- ↑ Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, supra note 15.
- ↑ Volker transcribed interview, supra note 60, at 312-33; Sondland deposition, supra note 51, at 29.
- ↑ Volker transcribed interview, supra note 60, at 102.
- ↑ Id. at 313.
- ↑ Taylor deposition, supra note 47, at 229-30.
- ↑ The White House, Readout of Vice President Mike Pence's Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Sept. 1, 2019); Taylor deposition, supra note 47, at 34-35.
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