The testimony of EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland contained several revelations that could alter the course of the Trump impeachment inquiry.
Sondland also said other officials, including former national security advisor John Bolton, Pompeo's counselor Ulrich Brechbuehl and State Department official Lisa Kenna, had been kept informed of his activities.Practically as soon as Sondland named them, spokespeople for Pompeo, Perry and Pence all pushed back against Sondland."Mr. Giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a White House visit for President Zelensky. Mr.
Sondland also said U.S. officials were aware of Giuliani's importance, and realized that any meeting between Trump and Zelenskiy would require Giulian's help to arrange. "We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani," Sondland testified. "Simply put, we played the hand we were dealt. We all understood that if we refused to work with Mr. Giuliani, we would lose an important opportunity to cement relations between the United States and Ukraine [with a meeting]. So we followed the president's orders."In response to questions from Republicans, Sondland admitted that Trump never personally told him what the terms of the quid pro quo needed to be.
"Did the president ever tell you personally about any preconditions for anything?" Steve Castor, the committee's Republican counsel, asked Sondland about half way through the hearing."So, the president never told you about any preconditions for the aid to be released?" Castor asked again.And while these exchanges at times sounded like political theater, they also revealed something important about how the Trump pressure campaign on Ukraine operated.
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