Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland kept Secretary of State Mike Pompeo apprised of key developments in the Ukrainian pressure campaign, lashing Pompeo closer to the heart of the impeachment inquiry.
According to the New York Times, Sondland showed Pompeo a draft statement in mid-August he hoped that President Donald Trump would sign to grant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the White House meeting he so ardently sought.
Sondland also got Pompeo’s approval on a plan to strong-arm Zelensky into agreeing to launch the investigations Trump wanted at a meeting in Warsaw. That trip was ultimately cancelled for Trump, and Vice President Mike …read more
Source:: TPM
