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Amb. Sondland backed a Trump admin. effort to change the leadership at Ukraine’s main energy company, despite objections from career diplomats who saw the move as undermining anti-corruption efforts, three sources familiar with the matter tells @NBCNews. nbcnews.to/2MRqfqV
US diplomats in Kyiv and Washington were blindsided and confused by the new position on Ukraine’s state-owned energy company, Naftogaz, because they saw the new CEO and independent supervisory board as having cleaned up much of the firm’s corrupt practices, the sources say.
The Ukraine government, which was already hearing from Giuliani that the White House wanted to see investigations pursued against Joe Biden and his family, interpreted the Naftogaz request as part of a wider drive by the Trump admin. to exert influence, the sources say.
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