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- The US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, told Congress that President Donald Trump's Ukraine efforts were a quid pro quo, Sondland's lawyer told The Wall Street Journal.
- Sondland testified that he believed the Trump administration swapped a White House meeting for a promise to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, his son, and 2016 election interference.
- Sondland also told lawmakers that he believed Trump's decision to withhold $400 million in aid to Ukraine in exchange for the investigations was a quid pro quo arrangement, though he added that he was not a lawyer.
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The US ambassador to the European Union told House impeachment investigators that President Donald Trump's efforts to have Ukraine investigate the Bidens were a quid pro quo, the ambassador's lawyer told The Wall Street Journal.
Gordon Sondland testified last week that he believed the Trump administration had exchanged a White House meeting with Ukraine's president for investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden's son and 2016 election interference, Sondland's lawyer, Robert Luskin, told The Journal.
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