people. naming ambassador gordon sondland, former special envoy kurt volker, the president s personal attorney rudy giuliani and energy secretary rick perry. according to his prepared remarks, taylor explained the significance to president trump of ukrainian probes into the last presidential election. as well as the ukraine energy firm where hunter biden sat on the board. quote: the push to make president zelensky publicly commit to investigations of burisma and the alleged interference in the 2016 election showed how the official foreign policy of the united states was undercut by ther rig efforts led by mr. giuliani. taylor went further relaying second hand information about what he described as a september conversation between mr. trump and the administration s point manafort european union. quote: president trump told ambassador sondland that he was not asking for a quid pro quo. but president trump did insist that president zelensky go to a microphone and say he is opening investi