A top ally of President Donald Trump admitted that he told a Ukraine official that military aid was contingent on Kiev investigating Mr Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden, testimony released Tuesday showed.
Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, said he told a top advisor to Ukraine's president that US military aid would likely not be released until Kiev made clear it would investigate Biden and his son's ties to Ukraine energy firm Burisma. "I presumed that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anti-corruption statement" that the Trump administration expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to make regarding a Biden probe.
Just like trump and his lot all lies
SBS you are showing your true colours. I hear a huge story is breaking about ABC news US Epsteincoverup Why don't you report on that?
So much for this breathlessly reported nothingburger.
Is this really the Australian taxpayers paid SBS or the American CNN? Why do we need to fund the SBS if are going copy articles from the CNN? An irrelevant anti Trump article from the CNN is a ‘braking news’ for theSBS?! This is what you call a taxpayer paid Fake News.
TonyHWindsor Don't back him into a corner ffs, he's libel to do anything.
BasiaSosnowska Probably wishes he'd never heard of the trump administration.......Sometimes those ambassadorships can get you in to trouble.
Oh, so he just suddenly remembered that he knew the very thing that the impeachment inquiry is purportedly chasing? After not remembering it in his written and oral testimony? Hahaha sure. Note that he doesn't say it took place in the phone call that the Democrats are alleging.
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