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    Trump Gave Giuliani The Ukraine Portfolio And Boxed Out Diplomats, Sondland Says

    The U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, appeared before the House committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. His opening statement was released Thursday.
    by Dana Farrington Oct 17, 2019 4 minutes
    Gordon Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, addresses the media during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy to Romania in Bucharest in September. Sondland is speaking to House investigators on Thursday.

    Ambassador Gordon Sondland says he was directed by President Trump to talk to Rudy Giuliani about Trump's concerns over Ukraine, bypassing normal foreign policy channels.

    That "disappointed him," he says — but even as he went along, he was kept out of Trump's strategy to pressure Ukraine to investigate the family of former Vice President Joe Biden.

    Sondland says that he didn't know about it at the time and that for example, the account he received of Trump's now-famous phone call with Ukraine's president did not mention Trump's request about Biden.

    Sondland suggests that he and others later appear to have

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