US ambassador called President Trump before texting 'no quid pro quo' to top US diplomat in Ukraine, a person with knowledge of the call tells NBCNews. The amb. and other diplomats used WhatsApp, in addition to regular text messages, to communicate.
A statement distributed by his attorney, Robert Luskin, on Tuesday. The statement said Sondland was “profoundly disappointed” he couldn’t testify, having traveled to Washington from Brussels to do so. Sondland was ready to testify “on short notice” once the State Department’s concerns about his testimony are resolved, Luskin said.
In a July 25 interview with state-run Ukrainian television, Sondland said he’d spoken directly with Trump before the president’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that same day, in which the president pressed Zelenskiy to investigate the Biden family. Trump has told officials that he likes Sondland and believes he has done a good job as ambassador to the European Union, a senior U.S. diplomat said. Despite Songland's close relationship with Trump, his inexperience frequently showed on the job, and career officials sometimes had to reign him in, a former Trump administration official said.
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