Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine tells House impeachment investigators that aid money for the country was tied to investigating the Bidens and election interference.
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine told members of Congress during a closed-door deposition Tuesday that he believed it was “crazy” to withhold aid to Ukraine only if the country’s leadership agreed to open an investigation into 2016 election interference and business matters related to former Vice President Joe Biden’s family.
According to Taylor’s opening statement, then-U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said it was his intention to relay directly to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy what Trump wanted. The former vice president’s son, Hunter Biden, served on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian oil and gas company, until his term ended in April of 2019. The role has drawn criticism from Trump and his allies, who have characterized his role with the company as a conflict of interest in light of the fact that his father led U.S. foreign policy toward Kiev at the time.
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