(CNN) A diplomat at the US embassy in Ukraine told lawmakers last week he'd "never seen anything" like the call Gordon Sondland placed to President Donald Trump at a restaurant in Kiev, according to a transcript of his deposition released Monday night. Holmes' testimony provides Democrats with firsthand accounting that brings the push for the investigations closer to the President. Holmes also heard Sondland tell Trump that Zelensky "loves your ass" and that the Ukraine President would do "anything you ask him to." Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for Trump, told CNN in September that he had asked Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. According to Hale, Pompeo spoke to Fox News host Sean Hannity regarding their promotion of "the narrative" about Yovanovitch.

Source: CNN November 19, 2019 01:20 UTC