Quid Pro Quo on Ukraine Aid: Washington Post
Quid Pro Quo on Ukraine Aid: Washington Post
Read the article from the Washington Post about testimony from US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland.
Some excerpts follow:
“I know that members of this committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a ‘quid pro quo?’ With regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is yes.”
“We [Sondland and senior administration officials] followed the president’s orders.”
“Everyone was in the loop.” Sondland referred to the president, the vice president, the secretary of state, the president’s chief of staff and others.
“The president directed us to work with Mr. Giuliani [on Burisma] and the leadership of the state department staff were knowledgable as were the NSC…”
“We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani.”
“I think there is a big difference between political influence and investigating a rival because politics relates to everything in foreign policy.”