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Washington mdash; The U.S. ambassador to the European Union told House lawmakers that he and other diplomats worked with Rudy Giuliani to pressure Ukraine to announce investigations in exchange for a White House meeting at the express direction of the president of the United States, a quid pro quo scheme he says was known at the highest levels of the government.Gordon Sondland, the ambassador, istestifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, the fourth day of public hearings.In his opening statement, Sondland said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was aware of efforts to get the Ukrainian government to announce anti-corruption investigations in exchange for a coveted White House meeting. The investigations targeted supposed Ukrainian interference in the 2016 campaign and a Ukrainian gas company that had employed Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joe Biden s son. The suggesti stanley cups on that we were engaged in some irregular or rogue di stanley tumblers plomacy is absolutely false, Sondland said, adding that he has located emails that show that the leadership of State, [National Security Council] and the White House were all informed about the Ukraine efforts beginning as early as May. I know that members of this Committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a quid stanley water bottle pro quo As I testified previously, with regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer i Ixbe Tax Cut At A Glance
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani are on track to shatter the $43.3 million record set in 1994 in California for the most expensiv stanley cups uk e U.S. Senate race in the nation s history.Federal campaign finance records show that through the end of last month, and with more than seven months of fund-raising left, the first lady and the New York City mayor have already collected more than $32 million for their New York showdown. This is on the fast-track to being the most expensive Senate race in history, said Larry Makinson, executive director of the nonpartisan, Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics that studies campaigns and their financing. We were saying early on, $50 million, but I think that s going to be low. When soft-money spending by special interest groups and the two national parties is factored in, the total could easily top $100 million, said Peter Eisner, managing director of the Cent stanley mug er for Public Integrity, another Washington-based watchdog group. This will definitely be the most expensive Senate race in history, Eisner said. In 1994, Republican Michael Huffington spent $29.4 million in losing to incumbent Democrat Diane Feinstein, who spent $13.9 million, in California s Se stanley cup nate race.Campaign finance reports filed this past week show that through the first quarter of this year, the New York City mayor had raised $19.3 million while the first lady had collected $12.8 million. That is a pace projected to put t