Texts Show U.S. Ambassador Defended Trump over Ukraine Call: ‘No Quid pro Quo of any Kind’

Newly disclosed text messages show Gordon Sondland, the United States Ambassador to the European Union, defended President Donald Trump’s July 25 telephone call with the leader of Ukraine, affirming the president has said “no quid pro quo of any kind” took place between the heads of state, according to a report. On Thursday, ABC News published excerpts of the texts in which Bill Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine, wrote to Sondland, “I think it’s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign,” seemingly a reference to allegations brought forward by a partisan CIA officer in a complaint that stated the president sought to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the business ties of Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President and 2020 White House hopeful Joe Biden.The messages then show Sondland suggested the discussion be moved offline, writing, “I suggest we stop the back and forth by text.” The texts were reportedly exchanged days prior to the White House releasing roughly $400 million in U.S. military assistance to Ukraine to combat Russia and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. The texts were provided by Kurt Volker, former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, during a closed-door deposition before House investigators on… Read full this story

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