In the past two weeks, the Democratic-led House heard more than 30 hours of public testimony from a dozen witnesses on Ukraine.
The witnesses included Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; Bill Taylor, who replaced Yovanovich as top diplomat in Ukraine this spring; George Kent, a senior State Department official; Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council aide who worked on Ukraine; Jennifer Williams, an adviser to Vice President Mike Pence; Kurt Volker, former special U.S.
Vice President Mike Pence's aide Jennifer Williams, who was on the call, said she thought the president's words on the phone were"unusual and inappropriate,” while the NSC’s Ukraine expert, Army. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, also on the call, said,"I couldn't believe what I was hearing" and that it was his"worst fear of how our Ukraine policy could play out."
Yovanovitch and Hill specifically called out Trump’s claims that Ukraine – not Russia – was to blame for 2016 election meddling as false. Volker called out the allegations of Biden corruption and Ukrainian election meddling as “conspiracy theories” pushed by a “self-serving” Ukrainian politician and “not things that we should be pursing as part of our national security strategy.”
The most riveting testimony in the past two weeks came from Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, and others close to him, described his contacts with the president. "I know that members of this committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a 'quid pro quo?' As I testified previously, with regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is yes," he said.
Pence and Perry’s offices have denied putting any political pressure on Ukraine, while Mulvaney has referred to witness testimony about his role as “speculation.” Pompeo has not directly addressed allegations of his involvement, saying only that he was “proud of what we’ve accomplished” on Ukraine. All four have declined to cooperate with the congressional inquiry.
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