Impeachment inquiry!! Trump directed Ukraine pressure Sondland

A top US diplomat has told an impeachment inquiry that he followed President Donald Trump's orders to put pressure on คาสิโน Ukraine to investigate his

Democratic rival Joe Biden.

Ambassador Gordon Sondland said the instruction came from Mr Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

The inquiry is assessing if Mr Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine as a precondition. He denies any wrongdoing.

It is illegal in the US to seek foreign help to gain electoral advantage.

Mr Biden is one of top contenders for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election.

Mr Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, told the latest hearing in the US House of Representatives that Mr Giuliani had sought a public

statement from Ukraine's leader บาคาร่า Volodymyr Zelensky announcing a probe into "corruption issues".

Mr Giuliani specifically mentioned the company Burisma - which had the son of Democratic presidential candidate Mr Biden, Hunter, as a board

member - and issues surrounding the 2016 US presidential election, he said.