seriously not merely as an instrument in washington domestic re-election politics. on the morning of president trump s july 25th phone call with the ukrainian president, vul volker texts zelensky s aide wrooid writing this. heard from white house, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate get to the bopt tom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for a visit to washington. then on august 9th, volker texts rudy giuliani writing mai, mr. mayor, had a good chat with yermak. he was pleased with your phone call. mentioned z, zelensky, making a statement. can we all get on the phone to make sure i advise z correctly as to what he should be staying? want saying? want to make sure we get this down right. the next day, he wants to get a date for the white house visit before committing to a statement about investigating the bidens and a conspiracy theory about the 2016 election. the aide texts back, quote, once we have a date, we ll call for a