The top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testifies that President Trump cared more about investigations of Joe Biden than Ukraine
Taylor on Wednesday revealed in his opening statement he'd learned additional information, testifying at the first House impeachment hearing that his staff was told the President's interest in Ukraine was the"investigations of Biden."Taylor testified that an aide told him of a phone conversation Trump had with US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland on July 26, one day after Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Taylor began his statement by stating that he was not testifying at Wednesday's hearing"to take one side or the other, or to advocate for any particular outcome of these proceedings.""My sole purpose is to provide facts as I know them about the incidents in question as well as my views about the strategic importance of Ukraine to the United States," Taylor said.
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