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:*Failing to get help from the U.S. State Department, the Ukrainians hired a respected U.S. lawyer to hand deliver the documentary evidence directly to the U.S. Department of Justice. The contracted American lawyer hand-delivered the information to the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] in [[New York]].

:*Failing to get help from the U.S. State Department, the Ukrainians hired a respected U.S. lawyer to hand deliver the documentary evidence directly to the U.S. Department of Justice. The contracted American lawyer hand-delivered the information to the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] in [[New York]].

:*However, after delivering the information and not hearing back from the U.S. government, the Ukrainian government, now led by President Zelensky, interpreted the silence as the Trump administration and U.S. government being upset about the Ukraine involvement overall. Out of concern for a serious [[diplomatic]] breakdown, the Zelensky administration made a personal request to the U.S. State Department for assistance.

:*However, after delivering the information and not hearing back from the U.S. government, the Ukrainian government, now led by President Zelensky, interpreted the silence as the Trump administration and U.S. government being upset about the Ukraine involvement overall. Out of concern for a serious [[diplomatic]] breakdown, the Zelensky administration made a personal request to the U.S. State Department for assistance.

:*The U.S. State Department then reached out to Trump’s lawyer [[Rudy Giuliani]]; and asked him if he would meet with Zelensky’s top lawyer, Andrei Yermak.

:*The U.S. State Department then reached out to Trump’s lawyer [[Rudy Giuliani]]; and asked him if he would meet with Zelensky’s top lawyer, [[Andrei Yermak]].

:*Rudy Giuliani agreed to act as a diplomatic intermediary and met with Yermak in [[Spain]]. After the meeting, Giuliani then contacted the State Department Officials in charge of Ukraine and Europe and debriefed them on the totality of the subject matter as relayed by Andrei Yermak.

:*Rudy Giuliani agreed to act as a diplomatic intermediary and met with Yermak in [[Spain]]. After the meeting, Giuliani then contacted the State Department Officials in charge of Ukraine and Europe and debriefed them on the totality of the subject matter as relayed by Andrei Yermak.

:*All of this activity preceded the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. President Trump and President Zelensky discussed the issues, and this phone call is the one now referenced by the concerned “[[whistleblower]]”. The “whistleblower” obviously had no knowledge of the background and why the subject matter discussed in the phone call was framed as it was.

:*All of this activity preceded the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. President Trump and President Zelensky discussed the issues, and this phone call is the one now referenced by the concerned “[[whistleblower]]”. The “whistleblower” obviously had no knowledge of the background and why the subject matter discussed in the phone call was framed as it was.