In the Ukraine affair, US President Donald Trump continues to be pressured by a revised statement by US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland. He realized that there must have been a connection between Trump's crackdown on investigations into Ukraine deals by his domestic rival Joe Biden and detained US aid for Ukraine, Sondland said in a statement released on Tuesday.
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There is no other credible explanation. Originally Sondland had said that he had no connection. In the meantime, testimonials from other diplomats had helped his memory. Recently, the US Ambassador to Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testified in the context of the investigation of Democrats to impeach Trump.
At the heart of the Ukrainian affair is Trump's telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj, in which Trump encouraged his counterpart to investigate Biden. Trump accuses Biden of obstructing investigations into a Ukrainian company with ties to his son Hunter. He owed evidence.
He has rejected the allegations of abuse of office in connection with the telephone conversation, which justified the withheld military aid of almost $ 400 million with foreign policy considerations.
