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- The US House Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs Committees released text messages between Bill Taylor, Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Ukraine; Kurt Volker, the former US special envoy to Ukraine; and Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union.
- The text messages were obtained by lawmakers from Volker as part of the House impeachment inquiry into Trump announced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week.
- The content of the messages range from Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, military aid to Ukraine, and, investigations, among other topics.
- "Are we now saying that security assistance and [White House] meeting are conditioned on investigations?" Taylor wrote to Sondland in a September 1, exchange.
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The US House Intelligence, Oversight and Reform, and Foreign Affairs Committees released a trove of text messages between top US diplomats' revealing their internal turmoil regarding Ukraine, on Thursday night.
The content of the messages range from Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, military aid to Ukraine, and, investigations, among other topics. The messages are between Bill Taylor, Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Ukraine; Kurt Volker, the former US special envoy to Ukraine; Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, and aids to the Ukrainian president.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A year after Armenia's 250,000-person revolution, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan explains what comes next for the country See Also: SEE ALSO: 2 top Trump deputies drafted a statement for Ukraine's president committing him to pursuing political investigations for Trump |