The details appeared to bolster the initial whistleblower complaint that led to the investigation by three US House of Representatives committees. Sondland has said he did not realise early on that the investigation was meant to target the Bidens. Sondland submitted the supplemental testimony on Monday after testimony by other officials, including Bill Taylor, the top US diplomat at the embassy in Kiev. Congressional Democrats also released testimony from Kurt Volker, Trump's former special representative for Ukraine negotiations. Volker and Sondland, with Trump's secretary of energy, Rick Perry, were known as the "three amigos," responsible for Trump's unofficial channel to Ukrainian government officials, witnesses testified.

Source: bd News24 November 06, 2019 03:45 UTC