Diplomat 'worked on President's orders to push for Ukraine-led investigation'

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The request for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Donald Trump’s political rivals “were a quid pro quo for arranging a White House visit” for the Ukrainian leader according to US diplomat Gordon Sondland. 9News

A US diplomat who is a key witness in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump says he worked with the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine issues on "the president's orders".

Sondland, a wealthy hotel entrepreneur and Trump donor, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was aware and "fully supportive" of their efforts on Ukraine. The diplomat appeared today before the House of Representatives intelligence committee, which is taking the lead in the impeachment inquiry that threatens Trump's presidency.

The inquiry focuses on a July 25 phone call in which Trump asked Zelenskiy to carry out two investigations that would benefit him politically, including one targeting Democratic political rival Joe Biden.

 

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Twisting the facts to mislead is fake news. I bet you committed quid pro quo this morning. The basic act of negotiating to buy your coffee is quid pro quo, exchange of goods or services. It is our essential foundation of how we live in this our society. Quid pro quo is not wrong.

Do 'journalists' actually listen to testimony or do you just cut and paste CNN headlines? Do you attempt any kind of critical objective analysis or reporting whatsoever? You are FakeNews:

Amazing how many US accounts are bothering to follow and comment on an Australian news feed, and how many supposedly Australian accounts are bothering to follow and comment on US stories. Not all Russian bots much?

There we go. Channel 9 running CNN fakenews feed.

Sondland testimony to Schiff!! “NO QUID PRO QUO”!!! More CNN eeerrr Fakenews 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Delete this tweet, it’s wrong, you are FakeNews!

if you are going to report on this subject, please do it properly and tell the whole story. This whole circus is worse than the RussiaHoax & MuellerReport . Trump was President for only 19 minutes when the Dems & the FakeNewsMedia starting calling for impeachment 😡

That was the ambassadors opinion it is not fact

Shows you what a anti Trump, leftist media you are in Australia

My God this is fake news Absolutely appalling 😡

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