Section: US & Canada
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...
New impeachment transcripts show change in testimony by Trump diplomat Gordon Sondland
Lawmakers leading the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump released more deposition transcripts Tuesday from a diplomat and former envoy to Ukraine, which show a significant change from prior testimony. …read more Source:: United Press...
Sondland changes testimony, acknowledges delivering quid pro quo message to Ukraine
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators this week he now remembers telling a top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine would not receive military assistance until it committed to launching investigations into the 2016 election and former Vice President Joe Biden, according...
Sondland changes testimony, acknowledges delivering quid pro quo message to Ukraine
Sondland provided additional testimony to House impeachment investigators this week that updates his deposition from last month. …read more Source::...
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...
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...
