aid. the trump campaign donor turned u.s. ambassador to the european union submitting a three-page revision to the testimony he gave last month. saying statements of top u.s. diplomat to ukraine bill taylor and tim morrison refreshed my recollection about certain conversations. sondland writing, i now recall speaking individually with an aide to ukraine s president where i said u.s. aid would likely not occur until ukraine looked into the statement as we talked about for many weeks. it s now on the floor. it s crumbled. because ambassador sondland explicitly admitted in his testimony today that a quid pro quo most certainly did occur. reporter: sondland also detailing trump s personal attorney rudy giuliani s involvement testifying, it kept getting more insidious and the
who owes him something, the businessman asks that person to pay up before signing the check. the next day the diplomat raised concern in a text message exchange with sondland writing, i think it s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. after speaking with president trump, sondland stressed that was not the case. texting i believe you re incorrect about president trump s intentions. the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. the white house quickly attempting to discredit taylor and the impeachment inquiry saying, this is a coordinated smear campaign from far left lawmakers and radical unelected bureaucrats waging war on the constitution. there was no quid pro quo. trump s republican allies doing the same. i ve been in there for ten hours. i can assure you there was no quid pro quo. reporter: but taylor s