The Epoch Times ^ | October 25, 2019 Updated: October 25, 2019
Amid a Democrat-led impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, the attorney of Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, has contradicted multiple key allegations in the testimony of William B. Taylor Jr., the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine.
Sondland’s attorney Robert Luskin, responding to The Washington Post by email on Wednesday, said that Sondland does not recall, or disputes several key allegations in Taylor’s lengthy testimony.
In particular, Taylor’s testimony claimed that U.S. security aid to Ukraine was conditioned on Zelensky carrying out “investigations.” Taylor further claimed that Sondland had knowledge of the alleged quid pro quo and had also communicated that arrangement to Ukraine. Luskin disputes the allegations.
There had been claims that Trump had withheld military aid and floated its release as a quid pro quo for an investigation into Burisma and presidential hopeful Joe Biden. However, Trump had earlier said that he temporarily blocked the aid because of high levels of corruption in the country; he said the move also sought to spur European partners to contribute more security aid to Ukraine.
Details Pushing Key Allegations Disputed Taylor, the charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, testified to Congress behind closed doors on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Taylor said there had been a “push” to have Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “publicly commit to investigations of Burisma and alleged interference in the 2016 election.”
Taylor also said he was told U.S. security aid funding to Ukraine was conditional upon a public announcement from Zelensky to commit to such investigations.
In his testimony, Taylor recounted a conversation between himself and Tim Morrison, a National Security Council official, on Sept. 1, in which Morrison spoke about a conversation between Sondland and Zelensky aide Andrey Yermak.
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Amid a Democrat-led impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, the attorney of Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, has contradicted multiple key allegations in the testimony of William B. Taylor Jr., the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine.
Sondland’s attorney Robert Luskin, responding to The Washington Post by email on Wednesday, said that Sondland does not recall, or disputes several key allegations in Taylor’s lengthy testimony.
In particular, Taylor’s testimony claimed that U.S. security aid to Ukraine was conditioned on Zelensky carrying out “investigations.” Taylor further claimed that Sondland had knowledge of the alleged quid pro quo and had also communicated that arrangement to Ukraine. Luskin disputes the allegations.
There had been claims that Trump had withheld military aid and floated its release as a quid pro quo for an investigation into Burisma and presidential hopeful Joe Biden. However, Trump had earlier said that he temporarily blocked the aid because of high levels of corruption in the country; he said the move also sought to spur European partners to contribute more security aid to Ukraine.
Details Pushing Key Allegations Disputed Taylor, the charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, testified to Congress behind closed doors on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Taylor said there had been a “push” to have Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “publicly commit to investigations of Burisma and alleged interference in the 2016 election.”
Taylor also said he was told U.S. security aid funding to Ukraine was conditional upon a public announcement from Zelensky to commit to such investigations.
In his testimony, Taylor recounted a conversation between himself and Tim Morrison, a National Security Council official, on Sept. 1, in which Morrison spoke about a conversation between Sondland and Zelensky aide Andrey Yermak.
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