TEHRAN, Nov 21_The US ambassador to the European Union says he has followed the orders from US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to put pressure on Ukraine to launch an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden in exchange for a White House visit for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_Gordon Sondland made the revelation while testifying before the House Intelligence Committee as part of an impeachment inquiry into the US president on Wednesday.
"We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani,” Sondland said, referring to himself, US Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Kurt Volker, the then-US envoy to Ukraine.
“Simply put, we played the hand we were dealt. We all understood that if we refused to work with Mr. Giuliani, we would lose an important opportunity to cement relations between the United States and Ukraine. So we followed the president's orders," the top diplomat added.
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