Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland swept into the hearing room on Wednesday to effectively demolish President Donald Trump’s claim there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine — and he did it with a smirk.
In stark contrast with the other witnesses who had somberly testified in the House impeachment investigation, Sondland cheerfully answered lawmakers’ questions and tried to use humor to sidestep their more damning queries.
Daniel Goldman, the House Democrats’ staff counsel, confronted Sondland with the testimony of State Department staffer David Holmes, who told impeachment investigators that he’d heard Sondland and Trump loudly discussing Ukrainian President Zelensky …read more
Source:: TPM
