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SONDLAND: this whole thing was sort of a continuum...it started as (TRUMP saying) talk to Rudy,...then let's get the Ukrainians to give a statement about corruption. And then, no, corruption isn't enough, we need to talk about the 2016 elections and the Burisma investigations...
2/...it kept getting more insidious as [the] timeline went on...And then at the end of that continuum I became aware that there might be a link between the White House visit and aid to the Ukraine that was being held up when I couldn't get a straight answer as to why...
3/ ...the aid was being held up, both Senator Johnson and Ambassador Taylor raised the possibility that there might be a link.
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SONDLAND: "I now recall speaking individually with (ZELENSKY AIDE) Mr. Yermak, where I said the 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..."
2/ "... I also recall some question as to whether the public statement could come from the newly appointed Ukrainian Prosecutor General, rather than President Zelensky directly.”
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