Sondland spoke before President Trump's call with President Zelensky.565 Mr. Morrison stated that Ambassador Sondland emailed him on the morning of the call and listed "three topics that he was working on, the first of which was 'I spoke to the President this morning to brief him on the call.'"566 According to Mr. Morrison, Ambassador Sondland "believed" that he helped to facilitate the July 25 call between President Trump and President Zelensky.567
On July 26, the day after the call between President Trump and President Zelensky, Ambassador Volker acknowledged his role in prepping President Zelensky for the call with President Trump in a text to Mr. Giuliani: "Hi Mr Mayor – you may have heard—the President has [sic] a great phone call with the Ukrainian President yesterday. Exactly the right messages as we discussed."568
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