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Sondland detailed 'quid pro quo' in amended testimony that was filed this week, the transcript shows. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

On Politics IMPEACHMENT. 2020 ELECTION. WASHINGTON. AND MORE FROM THE POLITICS WORLD.   Tuesday, November 5 Quid pro qu-oh boy Sondland detailed 'quid pro quo' in amended testimony that was filed this week, the transcript shows. Two new transcripts. One big day for the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. It's Tuesday and there is a whole lot of news. Let's get to it.  The 'quid pro quo' convos Today, the House committees released transcripts of testimony by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, and Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special envoy for Ukraine. As you'll remember, both are key witnesses in the investigation and were questioned about requests for political investigations and the delay of military aid to Ukraine. Sondland made quite the amendment: • Sondland submitted an amendment to his original testimony ... and in the update, he added that he had communicated a quid pro quo to a Ukraine official. • The quid pro quo in this case? Linking military aid for Ukraine that was delayed by the United States to a public statement committing to investigations Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani wanted. • He said that since his deposition, reading other witnesses' statements reminded him of a conversation he had with an adviser to Ukrainian President Zelensky, Andriy Yermak. • "I now recall speaking individually with Mr. Yermak, where I said that resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks," Sondland said. Volker saw no proof of 'quid pro quo':  • Volker told lawmakers that he had never seen any proof that the president withheld a White House meeting with Ukraine's president until the country launched investigations helpful to him politically. • "The answer to the question is no," he testified. "If you want a yes-or-no answer. But the reason the answer is no is we did have difficulty scheduling a meeting, but there was no linkage like that." • Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., asked Volker specifically whether there was any quid-pro-quo communicated to him. "Not to me, that is correct," Volker said, adding he never heard Ukrainians say they believed such an arrangement was in place and never connected the investigations with the $400 million in delayed aid. For more takeaways from these released transcripts, head to USA TODAY's comprehensive recap. • More: A visual timeline of the text messages in the Trump-Ukraine affair. • Pathway of the impeachment process: How it works, where we are. • Tell your friends to subscribe to this newsletter already. - Until tomorrow. MOST SHARED USA TODAY ARTICLES Rand Paul demands media ID Trump whistleblower Reports: Giuliani associate will comply with subpoena Poll: Trump trails top Dems by double digits Jimmy Carter is 'completely at ease with death'   FOLLOW US Problem viewing email? View in browser Unsubscribe • Manage Newsletters • Feedback • Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights • Ad Choices • Terms of Service © 2019 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22102