Acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor testified on Tuesday that he was told the delivery of military aid to Ukraine was contingent on Ukraine promising to investigate corruption allegations against former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter, according to the Washington Post.
Hunter Biden was a former board member of a Ukrainian natural gas company, Burisma Holdings, while his father was vice president.
Taylor had previously sent a message to ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland on September 9, writing “As I said on the phone, I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign.”
“During that phone call, Ambassador Sondland told me that President Trump had told him that he wants [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky to state publicly that Ukraine will investigate Burisma and alleged Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election,” Taylor told House impeachment investigators.
“Ambassador Sondland also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by earlier telling the Ukrainian officials to whom he spoke that a White House meeting with President Zelensky was dependent on a public announcement of investigations — in fact, Ambassador Sondland said, 'everything' was dependent on such an announcement, including security assistance,'" Taylor continued.
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