U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland never linked military aid to Ukraine on whether the foreign government launched investigations into the energy company Burisma, according to a top Ukraine official.
Ukraine Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko told reporters on Thursday that Sondland never asked him for investigations into Joe Biden’s son’s role with the energy company while Biden was vice president, according to Interfax-Ukraine.
"Ambassador Sondland did not tell us, and did not tell me exactly, about the relation between the [military] assistance and the investigations. You should ask him," Prystaiko said. "I do not recall any conversation with me as with foreign minister. It was not we, the Ukrainian officials [who were told this]."
"I have never seen a direct link between investigations and security assistance. Yes, investigations were mentioned, you know, in a presidential conversation. But there was no clear connection between these events," Prystaiko added.
House Democrats are continuing to investigate allegations that President Trump attempted to secure investigations into Biden from Ukraine in order to hurt the former vice president’s political campaign. The allegations first surfaced in a whistleblower complaint that claimed Trump struck a deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a July 25 phone call.
Trump has released a transcript of the phone call and has pledged to release the transcript of an earlier phone call between himself and the Ukrainian president.
House Democrats have begun holding public hearings in their search to link military aid that Trump temporarily withheld from Ukraine to promises to investigate Burisma and the Bidens in order to benefit politically. Those hearings kicked off on Wednesday with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent and acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor.
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