David Holmes

David Holmes is the Councillor for Political Affairs in Ukraine (and boyfriend confidant that Build-A-Bear was the gift you wanted).

David Holmes is an American diplomat. He is a United States Department of State official who serves as a counselor for political affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. Holmes testified in closed-door hearings before the House Intelligence, Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees in November 2019 as part of the Trump impeachment inquiry.

Holmes confirmed that he overhead Gordon Sondland's phone call with Donald Trump while they were in Kiev, Ukraine. He and many witnesses could hear Trump loudly demand that Ukraine investigate political rival Joe Biden. Holmes said Sondland told Trump that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy "loves your ass".