Section: US & Canada
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...
Yes, there was a ‘quid pro quo,’ Trump’s European Union ambassador says
Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union, said Wednesday that President Donald Trump demanded a “quid pro quo” for release of a military aid package to Ukraine. “Was there a … Click to Continue » …read more Source:: Miami...
Pam Bondi Says Trump Likely Won’t Testify In Impeachment Inquiry
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi believes that President Trump likely won’t testify before the House committees probing impeachment. During an interview with “CBS This Morning” Wednesday morning, Bondi said that Trump “did nothing wrong.” On Monday, Trump said in a tweet thread that he will “strongly consider” House Speaker Nancy...
The Big Highlights From Gordon Sondland’s Public Impeachment Testimony
Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland substantially shifted his testimony to point the finger for the Ukraine pressure campaign at President Trump and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, flipping the onetime Trump donor from a participant in the effort to pressure Kyiv into manufacturing political dirt into a key witness in the impeachment...
Sondland testimony targets Trump, Pompeo and confirms deal with Ukraine
Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland is pointing the finger at President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton in explosive public testimony on Wednesday in which he says explicitly there was a “quid quo pro” linking a White House visit for Ukraine’s president to investigations into...
Read Gordon Sondland’s explosive opening statement at the impeachment hearing
He implicates Trump, Pompeo and Bolton by saying they were fully aware in real time of what he and others were doing in Ukraine. …read more Source::...
