Section: US & Canada
‘Everyone was in the loop.’ Sondland names names at impeachment hearing
Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union, testified at an impeachment inquiry Wednesday that a host of top U.S. officials were privy to efforts to pressure the Ukraine to investigate … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
WH Tried To Read Sondland Testimony Ahead Of Hearing But Was Denied
The White House attempted to get access to EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s explosive opening statement days before his public hearing, but was denied access by Sondland’s lawyers, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. White House lawyers were particularly interested in what Sondland might say about Trump’s actions surrounding...
Ukrainian Navy Says Moscow Returned Three Ships To Kyiv In Bad Condition
Ukraine’s Navy says that the three ships captured by Russia almost a year ago and released on November 19 have been returned in very poor condition and are not able to make it back to port under their own power. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Sondland confirms deal with Ukraine, implicates Trump
In his opening statement, Gordan Sondland implicates President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton by saying they were fully aware in real time of what he and others were doing in Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Sondland Confirms Public Announcement Was More Crucial Than Actual Probes
Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland confirmed publicly on Wednesday that Ukraine announcing investigations advantageous to President Trump’s political interests was more important than the investigations themselves. Sondland made the confirmation while being questioned by House Intel Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) during...
Impeachment hearings takeaways: `Everyone was in the loop’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Gordon Sondland, President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, was the most anticipated witness in the House impeachment inquiry and his testimony Wednesday showed why. He made repeated references to a quid pro quo involving Ukraine and invoked the names of senior Trump administration officials who,...
The Two Most Important Sentences of the Impeachment Hearings
“Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret.”Those are the two most important sentences in today’s opening statement by Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Sondland’s public testimony is the most hotly anticipated of the impeachment inquiry, and even before Sondland had uttered a word this morning, he’d...
‘We followed the president’s orders’: EU ambassador says he had to work with Giuliani
Testifying in the impeachment inquiry, the United States ambassador to the European Union said he did not want to work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy. “We followed the president’s … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
Watch live: Gordon Sondland tells impeachment probe Rudy Giuliani ordered ‘quid pro quo’
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told impeachment investigators Wednesday there was quid pro quo involving the Trump administration and Ukraine and that he opposed withholding aid to Kiev. …read more Source:: United Press...
‘The answer is yes’ to ‘quid pro quo,’ Sondland to tell impeachment hearings
Ambassador Gordon Sondland confirmed for House impeachment investigators Wednesday he spoke with President Donald Trump on a cellphone from a busy Kyiv restaurant the day after the president prodded Ukraine’s leader to investigate political rival Joe Biden. …read more Source:: National...
