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Needs to be juxtaposed with this below (and it should be noted that Sondland was one of a very small number of diplomats who could call chosen one up directly and have the call put through).
Fiona Hill, President Trump's former top Russia adviser, testified she had a “very good relationship” with Kurt Volker, the special envoy to Ukraine. She also testified she thought she had a “very good relationship” with Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland but she describes a “blow-up with him” in June.
“When he told me that he was in charge of Ukraine, because initially I said to him, ‘You’re not,’ with that kind of, you know, surprise and probably irritation in my voice," she said.
Hill asked who put Sondland in charge of Ukraine. “And he said, the President,” Hill testified. “Well, that shut me up, because you can’t really argue with that.”
She also added that while she believed Volker always acted with integrity, but that she did tell him, “we did not think it was a good idea for him talking to Rudy Giuliani.”