gordon sondland tell ukrain directly that there needed to be these investigations, there is no kbi ambi gui ty. on that phone call, the president asked president zelensky to arrange those investigations and also look into the 2016 elections. he did not include that ask for those investigation, and as we know, the president brought it up, anyway. john? so vindman said it was a demand in the allegations. fiona hill also served on the national security council. kylie, what did she say about the same meeting? fiona hill describes that july 10 meeting we ve put so much focus on, and she describes what was said by ambassador sondland to the ukranians. she said, quote, as i came in,
heard the ambassadors of the european union, gordon sondland, say directly this ask had been coordinated with mick mulvaney. this came before that july phone call happened over the summer. also he heard gordon sondland tell the ukranians with, quote, no ambi gui ty, that there needed to be these investigations before that meeting was carried out. also vindman makes very clear that while efls involved with the preparation of that phone call in july. he actually drafted some briefing materials for the president in that july phone call. he did not include what the president ultimately asked the ukranian president to do, which was to launch the investigations into the bidens, also to the company burisma, which is the company that former vice president biden s son had been on the board of. he was so concerned about what the president asked, he went to the lawyers because he was so concerned about this, fearing it