Fmr. White House aide testifies of Ukraine call concerns, possible quid pro quo.
WASHINGTON — A day after he resigned from the National Security Council, Tim Morrison told congressional investigators Thursday that he was concerned that theof Ukraine would have a negative impact on both politics and policy if it were to become public, according to two sources familiar with his testimony.
Morrison, who was a top adviser on Russia and Europe, was on the call and told investigators that while he thought there was “nothing illegal” about it, including Trump's request that Ukraine open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden, he was aware that if the conversation became widely known, it could cause alarm in Washington and have an adverse effect on U.S.-Ukrainian relations, according to a review of his opening statement.
He also told investigators that a conversation he had several weeks later with Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the E.U. and a Trump backer, gave him reason to believe that the release of aid to Ukraine might be conditioned on a public statement that it was reopening an investigation into the energy company Burisma. Biden's son Hunter was on the company's board.Sign Up
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