READ: Bill Taylor Testifies That Trump Asked Sondland About The ‘Investigations’

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 13, 2019 in Washingto... WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 13: Top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. In the first public impeachment hearings in more than two decades, House Democrats are trying to build a case that President Donald Trump committed extortion, bribery or coercion by trying to enlist Ukraine to investigate his political rival in exchange for military aide and a White House meeting that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky sought with Trump. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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In top Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor’s opening statement Wednesday, he said that his staff was present when Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland called President Donald Trump about meetings in Kyiv. Taylor said that the President asked him about the “investigations,” clearly referring to the bogus investigation into the Bidens he hoped Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky would help launch.

Read his prepared remarks here:

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