Former White House official testified that military aid to Ukraine was held up by Trump's demand to investigate Joe Biden

October 31, 2019

Tim Morrison Former top national security adviser Andrew Harnik/AP

Tim Morrison, who stepped down from the National Security Council the day before testifying, was the first White House political appointee to appear and spent more than eight hours behind closed doors with House investigators.
Morrison confirmed Thursday that military aid to Ukraine was held up by President Donald Trump's demand for the ally to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, but testified there's nothing illegal, in his view, about the quid pro quo at the center of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry.
Morrison said he had a "sinking feeling" when he learned that Trump was asking the Ukrainians to publicly announce an investigation of Biden and the Democrats, even as the president denied it was a quid pro quo.
He also testified that he was told by his predecessor, Fiona Hill, who also testified in the impeachment inquiry, that Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Gordon Sondland, US Ambassador to the European Union, were trying to get Ukraine President Voldymyr Zelenskiy "to reopen investigations into Burisma."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top White House official confirmed Thursday that military aid to Ukraine was held up by President Donald Trump's demand for the ally to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, but testified there's nothing illegal, in his view, about the quid pro quo at the center of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry.

Tim Morrison, who stepped down from the National Security Council the day before testifying, was the first White House political appointee to appear and spent more than eight hours behind closed doors with House investigators.

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