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    David Holmes is a career Foreign Service officer. This is his opening statement in his deposition given on 11/15/2019

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    David Holmes

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    David Holmes is a career Foreign Service officer. This is his opening statement in his deposition given on 11/15/2019

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    Statement oF de EMaas? Davin a. HOU! Vkyiy pepanTMENT OF STATE SeroRe THE ee rote eS ay E ENTATIVE xe ‘AND 3 ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ~ CONCERNING THE liPeaceumeNT INQUIRY PRESENTED ON Novempen 15, 2039 ', Introduction ‘My name is David Holmes, and! ama jce Officer with the Departme Since August 2017, !have been the Poltical Counsein aeare us Embassy In Ky, Ukraine, TAG tas to appear before you, | want to make clear that | did not seek this Opportunity to testify today. You have determined that | may have something of value: to these proceedings, and itis therefore my obligation to appear and tell you what | know. indeed, ‘Secretary Pompeo stated last week, “I hope everyone who testifies will 0 do so truthfully, accurately. When they do, the oversight role will have been performed, and think ‘America will come to see what took place here." That is my goal today: to testify truthfully an accurately to enable you to perform that role. 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PM ant AMES ang betas ayvarea e te COUNLYn ; tical, i ea citical, merit ional interests which Serve so that we an Oe chat coe both nw Process under the George there. tioned the Freeney Parties and worked for their a administration and | hav political and career. in erwee nua PT ©2eensbvysnavpurstign : Polit | acrived in Kyiv to tke up my asinine Fonte Boers” August 2017, a year after Ambassador Yovonvih ace et apne, ALB 2017 ntl her removal fran Foca May 2028, | was Ambassador Yovanoviteh’s chief Pol 24 eve 4nd developed a deep respect for her dedication, determination, and professionalism. During this erated together closely, speaking multiple times, per day andl accomanied Ambassador Yoanowteh020Y of her mestngs wth senor Uksinan Counter ‘sit Presic | was also the note-taker for senior US. vistors with President Poroshenko, whom I met atleast a dozen times, (ur work in Ukraine focused on three pillars addressing peace and security, reform, and ant-corruption and rule of aw. Thes Pillars match the three consistent priors ofthe Usanian people since 2014 as measured in public opinion polling, namely, an end to the conflict with Russia that restores national unity and territorial integrity, responsible economic policies that deliver European standards ‘of growth and opportunity, and effective and impartial rule of law institutions that deliver justice in cases of high-level official corruption. Our efforts on this third pillar merit special mention because it was during Ambassador Yovanovitch’s tenure that we achieved the hard-fought passage of a law ‘establishing an independent anti-corruption court to try corruption cases brought by the National Anti-cocruption Bureau (NABU), another independent institution established with U.S. ‘support. These efforts strained Ambassador Yovanovitch’s relationship with President Poroshenko and some of his. allies, including Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, who resisted fully empowering truly independent anti-corruption institutions that would help ensure that no Ukrainians, however powerful, were above the law. However, the Ambassador and the Embassy kept Pushing anti-corruption and the other pillars of our policy toward Ukraine. economic growth and Beginning in March 2019, the. Specifically, our diplomatic policy that resistance to Russian ageression becar and a cadre of officials operating wit situation at the Embassy and in Ukraine changed dramaticaly. had been focused on svoporing UWraivian democratic efaand Ime overshadowed by a political agenda being promoted by Rudy ha det channel to the White House. That change began withthe emergen -assador Yovenavitch and é inate >of pres itical of Amb: 4 nachinations by Mr. Lutsenko and others dace a a LS ae 019, an Embassy colleague learned er. In mid * od tom a Ukrainian contact that Mr. Lutsenko hares ; r Yovanovitch had “destroves fn with her refsatta support him aren eine tat A cmmimens and ease UE Bi pport him until he ea at is position for personal a etalon See ages Te abel | the Democrats: aa investigate the former hero Al Inte, ad of Uy rests, at tive Embassy had ordeced Nap contact of the Republican part U*Falness Me. tatsenko cae ha emer aad eet Apu cause the former head wa th min Ugh gn Sta Embassy had pressured fort” and ont senior es . re rally. Mr. Lutsenko also claimed tart Prien EESlORY Zlochevsy eO5*cutgs SEN Trump pero nacre co eott eee aie President Biden's son. mire? 8Cause of SeMeralshokin 0 en Former 4 son: Mr. Lutsen connection between his co!mpany Burisma and formieryren ‘serlous problems” in the United Site that ater ambassador Yovanovitch’s posting in kyiv, she would face chs pot

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