Section: US & Canada
Trump ambassador changes testimony, admits he explained quid pro quo to Ukraine
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, revised his testimony in the impeachment probe to add that he conveyed to Ukraine that Trump would not release foreign aid until the country agreed to launch specific investigations. …read more Source::...
Former diplomat Kurt Volker says Rudy Giuliani was a ‘direct conduit’ to Ukraine and demanded they publicly announce an investigation into the Bidens
Giuliani pushed discredited allegations that the Bidens were involved in corruption, and the conspiracy that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. …read more Source:: Business...
Ambassador Changes Testimony, Admits Giving Quid Pro Quo Message to Ukraine
“Let me state clearly, inviting a foreign government to undertake investigations for the purpose of influencing an upcoming election would be wrong,” said Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union, in his sworn deposition before congressional investigators on October 17. “Withholding foreign aid in order to pressure...
Transcripts released in impeachment inquiry
The first transcripts released in the House impeachment inquiry show the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine felt intimidated when she heard what President Trump said about her to Ukraine’s president. At a Kentucky rally, Mr. Trump slammed the impeachment inquiry. Nancy Cordes reports. …read more Source::...
Trump impeachment: Aid was tied to Ukraine statement on corruption, diplomat says
House investigators released more transcripts Tuesday in the impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Donald Trump, including hundreds of pages of testimony from two top diplomats deeply involved in the Ukraine matter. …read more Source:: CTV...
U.S. diplomat changes testimony, acknowledges quid pro quo over Ukraine aid
Sondland had initially denied knowledge of any link between the aid and Trump’s request that Ukraine investigate the Bidens. …read more Source:: Global...
READ: Top diplomat revises testimony to indicate quid pro quo with Ukraine
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland revised his congressional testimony this week to indicate there was clear quid pro quo between President Trump’s request for Ukraine to launch investigations and the U.S. withholding military aid… …read more Source:: The...
Gordon Sondland Admits He Told Ukraine Aid Was Tied to Biden Probe
OLIVIER DOULIERYIn a dramatic addition in his previous testimony, Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, now says he told Ukrainians they should announce anti-corruption investigations if they wanted to get congressionally-authorized U.S. military aid. When the push for the statement was being made, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani...
The Ins And Outs of Sondland’s Impeachment Testimony
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, told House investigators about how he first got involved in Ukraine policy, the directive he received from President Trump to “talk to Rudy” about Ukraine, and how the demands that Giuliani was seeking of Ukraine grew more “insidious” over time. Sondland spoke privately to House investigators for...
READ: Former US Special Envoy To Ukraine Kurt Volker’s Impeachment Testimony
Former Special Envoy for the Ukraine crisis Kurt Volker outlined in detail for impeachment investigators how Rudy Giuliani pressured the Ukrainian government to help President Trump politically, his newly released testimony shows. The House released the 360-page document containing Volker’s testimony on Tuesday. Volker was a key figure in...
