as "bad news" in a conversation with the Ukrainian president. In his public testimony on November 20, 2019 Gordon Sondland noted in his opening statement that United States Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, then U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker and Sondland himself stayed in touch with Rudy Giuliani regarding the President expectation that a public statement should be made by President Zelensky committing Ukraine to look into corruption issues, and that Giuliani "specifically mentioned the 2016 election (including the DNC server) and Burisma as two topics of importance to the President." Sondland stated that they kept the leadership of the NSC and State Department informed about their activities, including Pompeo and Brechbuhl. Sondland noted that in July Bill Taylor kept Brechbuhl updated on Giuliani's problematic involvement and that nevertheless, as late as September 24, Pompeo was still telling Volker to talk with Giuliani. Brechbuhl is one of several State Department employees connected to American policy work in the Ukraine region who have been scheduled to appear before congressional investigators. House impeachment investigators issued a subpoena to Brechbuhl to testify on November 6, 2019, but Brechbuhl defied the subpoena and travelled to Germany with Mike Pompeo instead. See also Trump–Ukraine scandal Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump References Harvard Business School alumni Living people United States Military Academy alumni New York (state) Republicans 1964 births United States Under Secretaries of State