TAKEAWAYS FROM TRUMP IMPEACHMENT
A rough transcript of the call on July 25 between Trump and Zelenskiy confirmed the whistleblower’s most damaging allegation: that Trump asked Zelenskiy to investigate whether Biden.
Text messages show that pressure was exerted on Zelenskiy to make a public statement committing himself to investigating Burisma before he would be allowed to meet with Trump at the White House, part of the “quid pro quo” — that is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.
Top US diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, said Trump made the release of US security aid to Ukraine contingent to Biden investigations
Trump has contended that he did not hold up the $391 million in US military aid to pressure Zelenskiy.
Michael McKinley, a former adviser to Pompeo, testified that he quit a few days before his appearance before congressional committees because of departmental leadership’s unwillingness to defend Yovanovitch from the attacks on her.
Sondland, testified to investigators that Trump largely delegated Ukraine policy to Giuliani, who at the time was seeking to dig up dirt on Biden, a leading candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
Trump’s acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, acknowledged that the aid to Ukraine was linked but later contradicted himself in a statement from the White House that ruled out a quid pro quo.
The former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, testified that Trump had ousted her from her position based on “unfounded and false claims” after she had come under attack by Giuliani.
Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, testified that he had helped to connect Giuliani with a top aide to Ukraine’s president as the president’s personal lawyer continued to seek information damaging to the Bidens.
Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said he will not testify until a federal court decides whether current and former administration officials like him must cooperate with the investigation.
US national security. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman said he heard Sondland pressure Ukrainian officials to investigate the Bidens in order to get a coveted meeting with Trump