Impeachment Witnesses Portray an ‘Insidious’ Push: Key Takeaways
- Testimony released by panels shows evolution of quid pro quo
- ‘Talk to Rudy’ was Trump’s marching order on Ukraine policy
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The House committees leading the impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump released transcripts of testimony Tuesday from two key witnesses: Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a political supporter of the president, and Kurt Volker, a former special envoy to Ukraine.
In more than 700 pages of transcripts — plus a sworn statement and additional text messages among some of the key players — the committees laid out what Sondland called the “insidious” evolution of an effort to inject U.S. politics into relations with Ukraine. Key takeaways from the testimony: