BOMBSHELL IMPEACHMENT FAIL: Kurt Volker’s Previously Invisible July 27th Kyiv Press Conference Is Revealed
by Ren Jander
ThePostemail.com
(Nov. 28, 2019) — Crucial exculpatory evidence is missing from the official record of the impeachment inquiry. This evidence directly exonerates President Trump concerning allegations of quid pro quo regarding both a pending White House meeting with President Zelensky and security assistance for Ukraine. While the July 27 press conference was mentioned in testimony, vital comments by Ambassador Kurt Volker were not.
The phone call between Trump and Zelensky took place on July 25th. The next day, Kurt Volker and Ambassador William Taylor met with Zelensky in Ukraine. The day after, July 27th, Volker gave a press conference in Kyiv. He was introduced by Charge d’Affairs Taylor, the head of our diplomatic mission to Ukraine. The transcript is available from the U.S. Embassy website. There are three important quotes:
THE WHITE HOUSE MEETING
Question from Journalist: You mentioned that there are some kind of negotiations about the future visit of Zelensky to the White House. Many say, what are the conditions for Ukrainian to fulfill or to do, so that such a visit will take place before the first of September…
Special Representative Volker: Thank you. First off, there are no conditions. The invitation stands. President Trump reiterated that invitation to President Zelensky on Thursday. And we look forward to welcoming President Zelensky in the United States. Now of course we want to develop an agenda so that this meeting is as productive as possible. And Ambassador Taylor and others of us have been in close contact with President Zelensky’s team to develop that kind of agenda. And then the other issue is synchronizing the two presidents’ schedules. We don’t know today exactly what date’s going to work for both of them, but Ambassador Taylor’s working on that, and I’m sure we’ll have news soon.
This is just two days after the July 25th phone call. Volker represents the Executive Branch. He represents President Trump when he speaks under official diplomatic capacity. The words identify a clear unconditional invitation from Trump for Zelensky to visit the White House.
The July 27th press conference was translated into Ukraine and is hosted on our official embassy server. No conditions means no quid pro quo. Ukraine heard President Trump’s message as conveyed by his official envoys. Russia too got the same message. The media also heard it.