Sondland lawyer refutes pivotal parts of Taylor’s ‘smoking gun’ testimony
October 24, 2019 | Frieda Powers
Testimony from the top diplomat to Ukraine is partly being disputed by an attorney for U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland.
Sondland’s lawyer Robert Luskin told The Washington Post that his client “did not recall†a conversation that acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, alleged he had with Ukrainian officials.
Taylor made the bombshell claims of quid pro quo during his testimony before a House committee Tuesday as part of the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump for his dealings with Ukraine.
Taylor told lawmakers in closed-door testimony that Sondland had personally spoken to Andriy Yermak, a representative for Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky, about releasing nearly $400 million in military aid if the country would help in investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
Democrats touted the “explosive†testimony by the diplomat as the smoking gun in Trump’s allegedly corrupt demands from the Ukraine leader, which Zelensky has repeatedly dismissed.
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