NEW: Amb. Sondland will tell Congress on Thursday that Rudy Giuliani told him Pres. Trump wanted Ukraine’s new government to investigate the 2016 election and a natural gas firm tied to Hunter Biden, according to prepared testimony obtained by NBC News.
in announcing the investigation sought by Trump.
But Sondland plans to tell Congress that any suggestion he was trying to avoid creating a written record of their conversation is"completely false." "Taking the issue seriously, and given the many versions of speculation that had been circulating about the security aid, I called President Trump directly. I asked the president: 'What do you want from Ukraine?'" Sondland will tell Congress."The president responded, 'Nothing. There is no quid pro quo.'"
"He directed those of us present at the meeting to talk to Mr. Giuliani, his personal attorney, about his concerns," Sondland will say."It was apparent to all of us that the key to changing the president’s mind on Ukraine was Mr. Giuliani." NBC News reported this week that Bolton was so concerned when Sondland told Ukrainian officials that Trump would meet with Zeleneskiy if he opened an investigation that he directed Hill, the Europe expert, toBut, according to the prepared testimony, Sondland will say that Bolton and Hill never raised any concerns to him about Ukraine policy.
Text messages given by Volker to Congress showed Volker proposing to Sondland that they get Zelenskiy to refer during a news conference to"alleged involvement of some Ukrainian politicians" in interference in U.S. elections.
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