Article snippet: House Democrats released transcripts from depositions with two key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland and former special envoy to Ukraine MORE. The transcripts also added to a growing body of evidence that military aid to Ukraine was made contingent on investigations being pushed by MORE. Here are five things to know about the hundreds of pages of testimony. Giuliani was key player, to Pompeo’s chagrin Both Volker and Sondland’s testimony makes clear that Giuliani was the point man for the president on Ukraine matters. Volker told House lawmakers that the Ukrainians viewed Giuliani as a conduit to get information to the president. Sondland said the president directed him and other administration officials to communicate with Giuliani about Ukraine issues, adding that he understood satisfying Giuliani’s concerns about Ukraine was a key to being able to implement policy there. But there was at least one high-ranking official who was not fully on board with Giuliani’s role in the matter: Secretary of State MORE. Sondland told investigators that he discussed Giuliani with Pompeo “in general terms.” Asked what he discussed with Pompeo, Sondland said “that he’s involved in affairs.” “And Pompeo rolled his eyes and said: 'Yes, it's something we have to deal with,' ” Sondland said. The transcripts come a day after one of Giuliani’s associates, Lev Parnas, indicated he is willing to cooperate in the imp... Link to the full article to read more