Gordon Sondland, U.S. envoy to the EU, to testify he took Trump's denial of Ukraine quid pro quo at his word, a person familiar with the matter says
WASHINGTON—The U.S. ambassador to the European Union plans to tell Congress that President Trump personally assured him that there was no quid pro quo relationship between a package of aid for Ukraine and Mr. Trump’s request that the Ukrainians open an investigation into matters related to former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, according to a person familiar with the ambassador’s planned testimony.
The ambassador, Gordon Sondland, is expected to testify that he relied entirely on Mr. Trump’s assurances when he told a...
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