U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani was pushing a "quid pro quo" with Ukraine that he had to go along with it because it's what President Donald Trump wanted.
"Mr. Giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the United States, and we knew that these investigations were important to the president," Sondland testified, referring to Trump's personal lawyer.
"We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani," the ambassador said. But he said Trump told him and other diplomats working on Ukraine issues "talk with Rudy" on those matters. "So we followed the president's orders."