U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland claimed on Wednesday that President Donald Trump engaged in “quid pro quo” with Ukraine, despite top Ukrainian officials—in addition to Trump himself—denying the line of reasoning in recent weeks. But Sondland also said that the arrangement didn’t involve military aid, which Democrats have accused Trump of withholding from Ukraine in order to get something in return.
“I know that members of this committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a ‘quid pro quo?’ As I testified previously, with regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is yes,” Sondland said in his opening statement.
