According to the whistleblower complaint, Giuliani acted as a conduit between Trump and Ukrainian officials, relaying messages back and forth. His role, the whistleblower said, had raised concerns among U.S. officials, who had spoken with Giuliani "in an attempt to 'contain the damage' to U.S. national security."

The whistleblower further noted that during the time period starting in mid-May, Kurt Volker, U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, and Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, met with members of the new administration in Kiev and "sought to help Ukrainian leaders understand and respond to the differing messages they were receiving from official channels on the one hand, and from Mr. Giuliani on the other."

The whistleblower also expressed confusion over Trump's mentioning in the phone call of U.S. cyber security firm CrowdStrike, which the Democratic National Convention (DNC) hired in 2016 to investigate hacks into its computers.

The whistleblower, also citing White House officials, said Trump asked Zelensky to "locate and turn over" the servers used by the DNC and examined by CrowdStrike. This request from Trump to Zelensky, according to the whistleblower, is meant to let the Ukrainian leader "assist in purportedly uncovering that allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election originated in Ukraine."

Trump suggested that Zelensky coordinate with Giuliani and Barr in this effort, according to the whistleblower.

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