WASHINGTON: A US envoy said Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo directed him to coordinate Ukraine policy with President Donald Trump’s lawyer, further implicating the top US diplomat in the impeachment drama.Gordon Sondland — the US ambassador to the European Union who, unlike previous diplomats who testified in the inquiry, is a political appointee allied with Trump — said he kept Pompeo up-to-date on what he said was the president’s effort to set conditions to a White House meeting with Ukraine’s new leader.Asked if Pompeo had been made aware that Trump wanted a Ukrainian investigation of domestic rival Joe …read more
Source:: theSun
