Section: US & Canada
Rep. Jim Jordan grills Ambassador Sondland on his quid pro quo claims: ‘When did it happen? … Never did!’
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) heavily scrutinized Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s impeachment inquiry testimony Wednesday in a fiery three-minute exchange that is making the rounds on social media.Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, testified in his opening statement before Congress that there was a quid pro quo for Ukraine to...
LIVE NOW: BOMBSHELL interview: Rudy Giuliani responds to Sondland impeachment testimony
During the House impeachment hearings Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testified that President Donald Trump directed him “to work with Mr. Rudy Giuliani” — the president’s personal attorney — in an effort to pressure Ukraine officials to investigate Burisma Holdings, the Ukrainian natural gas...
A$AP Rocky, not Ukraine, focus of Trump July 26 call, Gordon Sondland says
WASHINGTON — Ambassador Gordon Sondland says a July cellphone call with President Donald Trump “primarily discussed” rapper A$AP Rocky, who was imprisoned in Sweden earlier this year. Sondland told a House impeachment inquiry into Trump on Wednesday that testimony from U.S. diplomat David Holmes had jogged his memory of the …...
Impeachment: Gordon Sondland ties President Donald Trump to quid pro quo in meeting with Ukraine president
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told impeachment investigators Wednesday there was quid pro quo involving the new Ukrainian president’s request for a meeting with President Donald Trump. …read more Source:: United Press...
Gordon Sondland was acting on Trump’s express orders—he presumes
“I am so excited that a Yogurtland finally opened in my neighborhood!” enthused a California woman who calls herself “Zee L.” on Yelp.com. “I was in the market for lash extensions,” began another of her reviews. “Herman did a beautiful job … I can’t stop staring at myself.” And then this, about a hotel in Portland, Ore.: Looking for a hotel...
Gordon Sondland Provides the ‘John Dean Moment’ of Trump’s Impeachment
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/GettyAmbassador Gordon Sondland’s bombshell testimony was a damning performance that undermined nearly every Republican talking point. He established that there was a clear “quid pro quo,” that Trump disliked and feared Ukraine, that “everyone was in the loop” on this, and that in listening to Rudy Giuliani’s...
Gordon Sondland Rips Out the Heart of Trump’s Defense
What did President Donald Trump know, and when did he know it? According to Gordon Sondland, he knew everything about the Ukraine scheme, and he knew it all along. The U.S. ambassador to the European Union confirmed the core allegations that ignited the impeachment inquiry: that Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani tried to coerce the...
Sondland Impeachment Testimony Blows Up The GOP Defenses Of Trump
EU Ambssador Gordon Sondland was widely expected to be a bumbling mess at his testimony before the House on Wednesday. But, instead, he took aim at key bulwarks in the Republican defense of Trump. Sondland did not embrace the conspiratorial counter-narratives put forth by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) at the hearings in the impeachment inquiry....
Whistleblower interview sought by FBI
WASHINGTON — The FBI last month requested an interview with the whistleblower whose complaint fueled the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Ukraine, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday. An agent from the FBI’s Washington field office reached out to the whistleblower’s lawyers last month to seek …...
Key Takeaways From Gordon Sondland’s Watershed Impeachment Hearing
The U.S. ambassador to the European Union said all the top leaders in officialdom were “in the loop” throughout the Ukraine affair, broadening its implications well beyond President Trump.(Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) …read more Source::...
