The Democrat-led House Intelligence Committee released the transcript of U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland’s closed-door Oct. 17 testimony amid complaints from President Trump and Republicans about the secretive nature of the impeachment investigation.
In his testimony, Sondland distanced himself from the July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During the call Trump asked for a “favor” from Ukraine, urging Zelensky to look into a CrowdStrike conspiracy theory and any Ukrainian involvement in the 2016 election. Trump also suggested the Ukrainians investigate allegations of corruption related to work at the Ukrainian energy company Burisma by Hunter Biden, son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, who oversaw U.S. relations with the country. Sondland said he didn’t see the transcript of the call until its public release in September.
