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    READ: Top diplomat revises testimony to indicate quid pro quo with Ukraine
    Nov05

    READ: Top diplomat revises testimony to indicate quid pro quo with Ukraine

    U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland revised his congressional testimony this week to indicate there was clear quid pro quo between President Trump’s request for Ukraine to launch investigations and the U.S. withholding military aid… …read more Source:: The...

    Gordon Sondland Admits He Told Ukraine Aid Was Tied to Biden Probe
    Nov05

    Gordon Sondland Admits He Told Ukraine Aid Was Tied to Biden Probe

    OLIVIER DOULIERYIn a dramatic addition in his previous testimony, Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, now says he told Ukrainians they should announce anti-corruption investigations if they wanted to get congressionally-authorized U.S. military aid. When the push for the statement was being made, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani...

    The Ins And Outs of Sondland’s Impeachment Testimony
    Nov05

    The Ins And Outs of Sondland’s Impeachment Testimony

    Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, told House investigators about how he first got involved in Ukraine policy, the directive he received from President Trump to “talk to Rudy” about Ukraine, and how the demands that Giuliani was seeking of Ukraine grew more “insidious” over time. Sondland spoke privately to House investigators for...

    New impeachment transcripts show change in testimony by Trump diplomat Gordon Sondland
    Nov05

    New impeachment transcripts show change in testimony by Trump diplomat Gordon Sondland

    Lawmakers leading the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump released more deposition transcripts Tuesday from a diplomat and former envoy to Ukraine, which show a significant change from prior testimony. …read more Source:: United Press...

    Sondland changes testimony, acknowledges delivering quid pro quo message to Ukraine
    Nov05

    Sondland changes testimony, acknowledges delivering quid pro quo message to Ukraine

    Sondland provided additional testimony to House impeachment investigators this week that updates his deposition from last month. …read more Source::...

    Trump ambassador changes testimony, admits he explained quid pro quo to Ukraine
    Nov05

    Trump ambassador changes testimony, admits he explained quid pro quo to Ukraine

    Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, revised his testimony in the impeachment probe to add that he conveyed to Ukraine that Trump would not release foreign aid until the country agreed to launch specific investigations. …read more Source::...

    The Impeachment Conundrum
    Nov05

    The Impeachment Conundrum

    The growing accumulation of evidence that President Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate the son of his possible 2020 election opponent has placed Democrats—and more broadly, democrats—in a quandary. The allegations involve deeply serious presidential wrongdoing in multiple respects. First, it appears that the President sought valuable...

    Updated Sondland Testimony Provides New Details On Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
    Nov05

    Updated Sondland Testimony Provides New Details On Ukraine Quid Pro Quo

    In three new pages of sworn testimony released Tuesday, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland provided new details of his involvement in the Ukraine pressure campaign. The dramatic new testimony confirms that Sondland told an aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that congressionally approved military aid would be...

    Impeachment Probe Releases Key Transcripts Of Interviews With EU Ambassador, Former Ukraine Envoy
    Nov05

    Impeachment Probe Releases Key Transcripts Of Interviews With EU Ambassador, Former Ukraine Envoy

    The House impeachment inquiry has released transcripts of its closed door interviews with EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine. Text message conversations turned over by Sondland to the committee and other witnesses’ testimony has placed Sondland and Gordon at the center of President Donald...

    House Requests Deposition From Mick Mulvaney
    Nov05

    House Requests Deposition From Mick Mulvaney

    The House committees overseeing the impeachment inquiry requested deposition from acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, outlining in a letter sent Tuesday that they believe Mulvaney has “first-hand knowledge” of President’s Trump Ukraine pressure campaign. In a letter signed by the Democratic heads of the House Oversight,...