Diplomats Detail Pressure on Ukraine to Investigate Biden Family
- Holmes says it was clear Trump’s lawyer influenced U.S. policy
- Ex-NSC official warns against conspiracy theories on Ukraine
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Ukrainian officials understood that they would only get a White House meeting and security aid in exchange for investigations into Joe Biden’s family, two witnesses said Thursday in testimony that undercuts a key Republican defense of President Donald Trump.
David Holmes, the Kyiv embassy’s political counselor, corroborated earlier testimony about an effort orchestrated by Rudy Giuliani at Trump’s direction to get Ukraine to commit to politically motivated investigations in return for U.S. aid and a White House meeting. He said Ukraine’s president had planned to make the announcement in an interview with CNN.