to involve ukrainians directly or indirectly into the president s 2020 re-election campaign. it s clear donald trump and rudy giuliani were running a shadow foreign policy and this foreign policy was basically to e get ukraine to investigate the bidens. sondland, a long time republican donor who gave money to trump s inauguration, maybe a target when his text messages with the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine came to light. ambassador bill taylor writing to sondland, i think it s crazy towithhold political assistance. he responded, the president has been clear, no quid pro quos. but sondland was repeating to taylor what the president just told him on the phone. today, sondland claimed withholding foreign aid in order to pressure a foreign government to take such steps would be wrong. i did not and wouldn t participate in such