Sondland Returns To “Review” Earlier House Testimony

The Daily Beast reports:

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland returned to Capitol Hill Monday to review the transcript of his testimony to the House impeachment investigators earlier this month, according to two sources familiar with his schedule.

Sondland told lawmakers that President Donald Trump assigned his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to carry out Ukraine policy for the U.S. Sondland reportedly said he was not aware that Ukraine policy was in part focused on working with Kiev officials to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

Lawmakers said that Taylor’s account puts the onus on Sondland to come back and clear up inconsistencies or gaps in his initial testimony, during which he frequently said he didn’t recall certain events.

The White House was alerted months before Trump’s call with Zelenskiy that Giuliani and Sondland’s pressure campaign was rattling the new Ukrainian presidenthttps://t.co/518Shbsehu

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) October 28, 2019

Though Trump told Gordon Sondland there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine, the ambassador believed there was, his attorney said. https://t.co/536wkBssQh # via @HuffPostPol

— Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) October 28, 2019