His testimony was laden with precision — names, dates, places, policy statements and diplomatic nuance, not typically the stuff of intrigue. He had been recalled to service after the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine had been forced out. Taylor was told by other U.S. diplomats that Trump needed "to hear from" Zelenskiy before the meeting would be scheduled. The diplomat was so troubled that he requested a private meeting with John Bolton when the national security adviser visited Kyiv in late August. It wasn't just the Oval Office meeting that was contingent on Zelenskiy investigating Democrats, Taylor learned, it was the military aid.

Source: Huffington Post October 23, 2019 12:39 UTC