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Diplomático admite haber condicionado ayuda militar a Ucrania

Embajador estadounidense ante la UE le dijo a funcionario de ese país que desembolso se haría hasta que Kiev garantizara investigación al exvicepresidente Joe Biden

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 17, 2019, US Ambassador Gordon Sondland (C) arrives at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. - Sondland, a top ally of US President Donald Trump admitted that he told a Ukraine official that military aid was contingent on Kiev investigating Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden, testimony released on November 5, 2019, showed. Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, said he told a top advisor to Ukraine's president that US military aid would likely not be released until Kiev made clear it would investigate Biden and his son's ties to Ukraine energy firm Burisma. "I presumed that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anti-corruption statement" that the Trump administration expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to make regarding a Biden probe. (Photo by Olivier Douliery / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 17, 2019, US Ambassador Gordon Sondland (C) arrives at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. - Sondland, a top ally of US President Donald Trump admitted that he told a Ukraine official that military aid was contingent on Kiev investigating Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden, testimony released on November 5, 2019, showed. Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, said he told a top advisor to Ukraine's president that US military aid would likely not be released until Kiev made clear it would investigate Biden and his son's ties to Ukraine energy firm Burisma. "I presumed that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anti-corruption statement" that the Trump administration expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to make regarding a Biden probe. (Photo by Olivier Douliery / AFP) OLIVIER DOULIERY
El embajador estadounidense ante la UE, Gordon Sondland (centro). AFP El embajador estadounidense ante la UE, Gordon Sondland (centro). (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP)

Washington. El embajador de Estados Unidos ante la Unión Europea (UE), Gordon Sondland, admitió haber condicionado la ayuda militar a Ucrania a que Kiev investigara a Joe Biden, unos de los rivales demócratas del presidente Donald Trump, durante su testimonio ante el Congreso que fue difundido este martes.

En una de las pruebas más incriminantes contra Trump hasta la fecha, Sondland declaró a los legisladores haber dicho a un alto funcionario ucraniano que la ayuda militar estadounidense no sería entregada hasta que Kiev garantizara públicamente que investigaría los lazos de Biden y su hijo Hunter con la compañía energética Burisma.

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