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November 05, 2019One of the key witnesses in Donald Trump's investigation into the impeachment has reviewed his testimony, admitting that the US aid to Ukraine was conditional on opening an investigation against Joe Biden's son.

Reviewing his testimony yesterday, made initially on October 17th, was the American ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland. According to the website The Hill, in his new version Sondland said he remembered a meeting on September 1 with Andiy Yermak, a close associate of the Ukrainian President Zelensky, in which he specified that the aid to Ukraine depended on the opening of investigations against the son of one of Trump's main political opponents.

"After a broader meeting, I remember talking to Mr. Yermak individually and saying that the resumption of American aid would not take place until the public anti-corruption declaration that we had been discussing for weeks was made," he said. said Sondland.

Impeachment
The House of Representatives investigation focuses on a July 25 phone call in which President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Zelenskiy to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Hunter Biden was on the board of a Ukrainian gas company that had been investigated for corruption. Trump had frozen nearly $ 400 million in US military aid in Ukraine shortly before talking to Zelenskiy, in order to put pressure on him and get personal gain. Sondland initially denied knowledge of any link between the blocked aid and Trump's request for Ukraine to investigate the Biden. Trump denied any wrongdoing and accused the Democrats of targeting him unfairly in the hope of preventing his victory in the presidential election.