Ms. Hill is a widely respected, British-born former Brookings Institution scholar and intelligence officer. Mr. Bolton was trying to not commit to a meeting, according to Ms. Hill’s testimony. Mr. Bolton immediately ended the meeting abruptly. Mr. Bolton pulled Ms. Hill aside to instruct her to go to the ward room and report to him what they talked about. When she got downstairs, Mr. Sondland was talking with the Ukrainians and specifically mentioned Burisma, the Ukrainian energy firm that had Hunter Biden, the former vice president’s son, on its board.

Source: New York Times October 15, 2019 03:10 UTC