Testimony ties Trump closer to pressure on Ukraine

Sondland said vital U.S. military assistance to Ukraine might be freed up if the country's top prosecutor "would go to the mike and announce that he was opening the Burisma investigation," a U.S. official told investigators. Burisma is the gas company in Ukraine where Democrat Joe Biden's son Hunter served on the board.

Transcripts from the closed-door testimony from Morrison, a longtime Republican defence hawk in Washington, and Jennifer Williams, a special adviser to Vice-President Mike Pence on Russia and Europe, were released Saturday as investigators accelerated and deepened the probe. They provided another window into the alarm within the government over Ukraine pressure.

Pressed by Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democratic chairman of the Intelligence Committee leading the probe, as to whether Sondland had actually spoken to the president, Morrison said he had verified it each time. Williams testified that Trump's discussion on the call of specific investigations struck her as "unusual and inappropriate" and seemed to point to "other motivations" for holding up the military aid.

Morrison said he was concerned if the call got out it would be politically damaging. He talked to White House lawyer John Eisenberg and they agreed that access should be restricted, he testified. Throughout Morrison's account, he largely confirmed testimony from current and former officials about what has been described as a shadow diplomacy being run by Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, often at odds with U.S. national security interests.

They keep 'getting closer', when the hell are they going to 'get' there.🤦‍♀️

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The FakeNewsTaliban working overtime to sell this ImpeachmentScam. realDonaldTrump has got a lock on the 2020 American election. After that I hope DonaldTrumpJr runs for POTUS and EricTrump after him. Trump's got enough kids to keep the ball rolling for generations

How does he said she said and I over heard one side of a cell phone call amount to anything other than hearsay? Trying going to your local police department to get a search warrant on that one.

You not even US media but you pull their narrative, why nothing on Biden's involvement?

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