Lawmakers plan to grill Amb. Sondland on Thursday about a private discussion he had with top Ukrainian officials in the White House in which he explicitly mentioned the Ukrainian gas company linked to Hunter Biden, NBCNews has learned.
on Thursday about a private discussion he had with top Ukrainian officials in the White House in which he explicitly mentioned the Ukrainian gas company linked to Hunter Biden, amid negotiations over granting Ukraine’s new president an audience with President Donald Trump, NBC News has learned.
Bolton had no comment. The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Hill, through her attorney Lee Wolosky, declined to comment.But in his testimony on Thursday, Sondland plans to say he kept Hill updated on all his activity on Ukraine through extensive emails that the State Department has refused to give to Congress, a person familiar with Sondland’s testimony tells NBC News.
As Bolton ended the meeting, Sondland suggested they relocate to “discuss next steps,” bringing the visiting Ukrainians to the Ward Room, in the White House basement, the two individuals said. “It seems highly unusual for a State Department official whose portfolio doesn’t even naturally include Ukraine to be convening what seems to be a furtive gathering of officials in the West Wing without another White House official present,” said Ned Price, a former White House National Security Council official in the Obama administration and an NBC News national security analyst.
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