The fourth day of public hearings in the . Trump impeachment inquiry included testimony from Gordon Sondland, Laura Cooper and David Hale.
The fourth day of public testimony in the impeachment inquiry contained perhaps the worst news yet for President Trump, as Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, said that the president himself was behind the push to get Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden in exchange for a White House visit — and that a number of key administration officials understood that.
“Giuliani’s requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a White House visit for President Zelensky,” said Sondland. “Mr. Giuliani demanded that Ukraine make a public statement announcing investigations of the 2016 election/DNC server and Burisma. Mr. Giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the United States, and we knew that these investigations were important to the president.”
“As I communicated to the team,” said Sondland, “I told President Zelensky in advance that assurances to ‘run a fully transparent investigation’ and ‘turn over every stone’ were necessary in his call with President Trump.” Pence, Perry and Pompeo all denied Sondland’s sworn testimony in statements from their respective spokespeople. None has testified in the probe.
Sondland’s account corroborated Taylor’s testimony last week that Sondland had said “everything,” including both the White House meeting and military aid, was dependent on Zelensky’s announcement.
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