Sondland Testifies He Had Not Been Told Trump Linked Ukraine Aid to Biden Investigations

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland takes his seat to testify before a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 20, 2019. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland confirmed that no one told him President Donald Trump tied foreign aid to the investigations he had requested of the Ukrainians.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) asked about Sondland’s answers regarding the $400 million in military aid to Ukraine during his testimony at Thursday’s House Intelligence Committee hearing. Democrats allege that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden in return for military aid. Trump, Ukranian officials, and other White House officials have categorically denied the claim.