The nation’s eyes were on Washington, D.C. on Wednesday as the public impeachment inquiry, spearheaded by Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, officially began. In a new wrinkle added to his previous testimony, William Taylor, the acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine — who has been referenced as one of the Democrats’ “star” witnesses — said he was recently told by one of his aides that President Trump inquired about “the investigations” during a phone call with Ambassador Gordon Sondland. The aide knows this because he/she was meeting with Sondland and “could hear President Trump on the phone.”
“Last Friday, a member of my staff told me of events that occurred on July 26,” Taylor told congressional committee members at the hearing Wednesday. “While Ambassador [Kurt] Volker and I visited the front, this member of my staff accompanied Ambassador Sondland. Ambassador Sondland met with Mr. [Andrey] Yermak,” a top advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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