Trump Tied Ukraine Aid Directly to Probing Biden, Envoy Says
- Taylor told impeachment panels of a quid pro quo Trump denies
- Giuliani ran a back channel, acting ambassador to Ukraine says
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The top U.S. envoy to Ukraine testified that a senior diplomat told him in early September that President Donald Trump made U.S. security aid to Ukraine entirely dependent on a public promise to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and the 2016 election.
Acting Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor also quoted senior diplomat Gordon Sondland as saying Trump wanted Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy “in a public box,” according to to congressional committees Tuesday that was obtained by Bloomberg.