- The Ukrainian president, Zelensky, scheduled a CNN interview during which he planned to announce investigations into the Bidens and Hillary Clinton. After exposure from the whistleblower, the aid Trump had been holding over Zelensky’s head was released.
- Lev Parnas, the indicted Rudy Giuliani associate, told the Ukrainians that unless they announced an investigation into the Bidens, Mike Pence would not attend Zelensky’s inauguration and military aid would be withheld.
- The Ukrainian government was concerned early on that Giuliani’s efforts to have Ukraine open an investigation into the Bidens would lead to withholding military aid.
