House Democrats have released excerpts of the transcripts of their closed-door depositions with former US Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker and US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland.
The House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees are expected to release the full transcripts for Sondland and Volker later Tuesday, which would mean the panels will have released four of the 13 deposition transcripts ahead of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, which Democrats say could happen later this month.
Read MoreRepublicans have been clamoring for House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, to release the Volker transcript, arguing that it contains exculpatory information showing there was no"quid pro quo" between Trump and Ukraine.Democrats, meanwhile, want Sondland to clarify his testimony after he appeared behind closed doors on October 17, when he said that Trump had directed him and other diplomats to work with Giuliani on Ukraine issues.
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