Aid was withheld for 55 days. And was not contingent upon either an investigation or a public statement supporting an investigation. Neither took place. There was no investigation before or after the release of military aid, nor was there ever a statement (public or private) pledging an investigation into the 2016 election (and the Ukraine effort to defeat Trump in that election), or Hunter Biden or Berisma . . . no investigation . . . no pledge or statement for an investigation.
Secondly, there was no presidential demand for with investigations or a statement or that is exactly what would have happened.
Zelinsky, Ukraine's president, is on record saying there was no pressure from Trump for either an investigation or a statement.
Trump's statement to Sondland was confirmed to day, precisely these words: "I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo, I want Zelensky to do the right thing. I want him to do what he was elected to do."
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