Trump ordered Ukraine pressure campaign, Gordon Sondland tells impeachment inquiry
The inexperienced US diplomat testifies he worked with Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine issues on ‘the president’s orders’
20 November 2019 - 17:11
Washington — Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump expressly ordered him and others to help in a pressure campaign against Ukraine, and gave testimony in the impeachment inquiry that for the first time put the US secretary of state and vice-president at the heart of the controversy.
Sondland said he "followed the president's orders" to work with Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to push Ukraine to carry out two investigations that would benefit Trump politically as he runs for re-election in November 2020...
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