[MarvinStinson]

"[On Sept. 1], Ambassador Sondland also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by earlier telling the Ukrainian officials to whom he spoke that a White House meeting with President Zelenskyy was dependent on a public announcement of investigations—in fact, Ambassador Sondland said, 'everything' was dependent on such an announcement, including security assistance. He said that President Trump wanted President Zelenskyy 'in a public box' by making a public statement about ordering such investigations." "[O]n September 8, Ambassador Sondland ... said he had talked to President Trump as I had suggested a week earlier, but that President Trump was adamant that President Zelenskyy, himself, had to 'clear things up and do it in public.' President Trump said it was not a 'quid pro quo.'"

The entirety of the HEARSAY is available at the link

[livius]

There’s actually nothing inappropriate in what Trump asked for. Burisma had been under investigation and Biden boasted publicly of getting the prosecutor fired by threatening to withhold 1B in aid, since he was afraid that the lucrative connection of his son with Burisma would draw attention.

So it’s perfectly logical to ask the Ukrainians to promise to investigate this, and to announce it publicly. If we’re going to give aid of any kind, military or humanitarian, we have to know that it is not all being sucked off in corruption, regardless of whether the Vice President’s son benefits from it!

Trump never mentioned Biden. But obviously, even the press thinks that Burisma and Biden are synonymous, so I guess that’s the source of enraged panic that is prompting this impeachment charade. I think that actually it is not only an attempt to get rid of Trump, but to cover up Biden’s crimes by muddying and undercutting the evidence in advance.

[McGavin999]

This guy is like a 12 year old girl. He has no business in foreign service, he has no judgement.

This whole thing is the congressional version of mean girls gossip.