sondland said that everything, including u.s. security assistance to ukraine, was dependent on ukraine's president publicly announcing investigations into trump's political rival and a debunked theory, and the dnc hacking itself. that is a quid pro quo. trump demanded a public announcement of an investigation, the quo, in return for a meeting and military assistance, the quid. now, if that was the only instance of it happening, it would be very, very bad indeed, impeachable, but it was not the only instance. taylor describes talking to a national security council aide a week later who described a conversation with a trump appointee. gordon sondland. quote,on trump told ambassador sondland he was not asking for a quid pro quo. but president trump did insist