Sondland pointed the finger at Trump, Pompeo and Bolton, while Laura Cooper testified Ukrainians were aware of the aid situation earlier than previously known.
Sondland, however, was less clear about whether Trump, through Giuliani, had conditioned the release of nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine on the public announcement of the desired investigations.
Under questioning from Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, Sondland said it was his “personal presumption, based on the facts at the time,” that he ultimately thought the military assistance to Ukraine was being withheld pending an announcement by Zelenskiy to open the sought-after investigations. Then, a moment later, Sondland said that"by Sept. 8" — the date of a text message exchange with Taylor —"I was absolutely convinced it was."Sondland said Wednesday he directly told Vice President Mike Pence of his concerns about a possible link between the release of military aid to Ukraine and the announcement of the investigations by Ukraine into Burisma Holdings and the 2016 election. He noted that this occurred when Pence was in Warsaw, Poland, for a Sept.
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