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    Ambassador Sondland says he 'followed the president's orders' in Ukraine

    by Jennifer Haberkorn and Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times Nov 21, 2019 6 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Gordon Sondland, one of the highest-ranking witnesses yet in the House impeachment inquiry, insisted Wednesday that he and other senior administration officials had "followed the president's orders" in pushing Ukraine to investigate President Donald Trump's political foes, offering a firsthand account that shattered several key White House denials.

    Sondland, a political appointee who Trump had named U.S. ambassador to the European Union, did not seek to defend Trump's monthslong pressure campaign, saying he was "adamantly opposed" to the White House suspension of nearly $400 million in military aid intended to help Ukraine fight Russian aggression.

    And while Trump and his allies have staunchly denied that the president and his private attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, sought a "quid pro quo" to get Ukraine to investigate Democrats in exchange for a White House meeting, Sondland said he believed it was exactly that.

    "Was there a quid pro quo?" he asked. "The

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