Key excerpts from Sondland testimony in which he says “it’s fair” to say and “that was my understanding” that getting a meeting between Zelensky and Ukraine was tied to investigations into the 2016 election and Burisma, the company that Hunter Biden served on the board of 
A meeting between Zelensky and Trump, that is. Also, Sondland said Trump’s constant refrain was: “Talk to Rudy, talk to Rudy.” He also said Pompeo “rolled his eyes” when talking about Rudy, saying, “It’s something we have to deal with.”
Sondland says that the push for investigations kept getting “more insidious” as time went on because, he claimed, back in July it was just about “corruption.” Later, he claimed he learned it was about Biden-Burisma-2016 elections
Quid pro quo? Sondland makes a direct connection between the demand to announce probes with a Ukraine-Trump meeting. “If you mean that those conditions would have to be complied with prior to getting a meeting, that was my understanding,” he said
Big deal: Sondland amended his closed-door testimony to say that he told a top Ukrainian political aide that the release of US security aid was conditioned on Ukraine publicly announcing an investigation that would help Trump politically. cnn.com/2019/11/05/pol…
"I now recall speaking individually with Mr. Yermak, where I said 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.
This Sept conversation shows Sondland told Ukrainians that aid was tied to probes - even after Volker said they “dropped” idea of announcing probes. Volker also said “news about a hold on security assistance did not get into Ukrainian Government circles ... until end of August”
