Trump's demands of Ukraine came down to three words: 'investigations, Biden and Clinton,'
officials testimony states
A senior State Department official described in perhaps the starkest terms to date President Trumps shadow efforts to force Ukraines leadership to open investigations that would benefit him politically, according to a transcript of his impeachment testimony released Thursday.
Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent, who oversaw Ukraine policy, told lawmakers that Trump demanded that the countrys new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, open investigations into the 2016 U.S. election, Trumps former rival Hillary Clinton and former vice president Joe Biden, a possible 2020 challenger in exchange for an Oval Office meeting.
Trump wanted nothing less than President Zelensky to go to a microphone and say investigations, Biden and Clinton, Kent told House impeachment investigators.
Kents assessment came from a summary of a conversation that Trump had with Gordon Sondland, a Trump megadonor turned diplomat, who from his perch as U.S. ambassador to the European Union in Brussels had seized control of Ukraine policy.
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