Sondland Kept Officials Apprised of Ukraine Push
Sondland Kept Officials Apprised of Ukraine Push
November 17, 2019 at 7:26 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 9 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/17/sondland-kept-officials-apprised-of-ukraine-push/
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A U.S. ambassador set to testify this week in the House impeachment inquiry kept several Trump administration officials apprised of his effort to get Ukraine to launch investigations that President Trump would later discuss in a July call with his Ukrainian counterpart, emails reviewed by the Wall Street Journal show.
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union who will be one of eight witnesses to testify in the inquirys second week of open hearings, is one of several people who has linked a holdup of security aid to Ukraine over the summer with investigations that Mr. Trump sought.
Mr. Sondland kept several top officialsincluding acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Energy Secretary Rick Perryapprised of that push, according to the emails reviewed by the Journal, in the weeks leading up to Mr. Trumps July 25 phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart that spurred a whistleblower complaint and, ultimately, the impeachment probe.
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