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The Trump administration barred US European Union Ambassador Sondland from appearing before a House panel. President Trump called the impeachment probe a “kangaroo court” while Adam Schiff called Sondland's barring "evidence" of obstruction of Congress. https://t.co/kxACP4lM97
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 8, 2019
Three House committee chairs subpoena Sondland: statement:
"This morning, we learned from Amb. Sondland’s personal attorneys that the State Dep. left a voicemail last night at 12:30 a.m. informing them that the Trump Admin would not allow the Ambassador to appear today…
1/— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) October 8, 2019
Gordon Sondland, US ambassador to the EU, appears to have played a key role in the President's efforts to influence Ukraine to investigate a political opponent. Sondland, a hotel exec, just happened to have given $1 mil to the President's inauguration. https://t.co/nYOmi9v1LL
— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) October 7, 2019
That Ambassador, Gordon Sondland is a major Republican donor and bundler who funneled $1 million into @POTUS #Trump's inaugural committee. https://t.co/jrwklnNDux
— OpenSecrets.org (@OpenSecretsDC) October 4, 2019
“Mr. Sondland’s “special assignment” from Trump was never formally announced,but was instrumental in the negotiations with Zelensky’s team & Rudolph Giuliani,the president’s personal lawyer,who was pressing for these essentially political investigation”
— Elise Labott (@EliseLabott) October 5, 2019
NEW: Congress is slated to grill Gordon Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the EU, on what he knew about the president’s alleged attempt to get Ukraine to give up dirt on Biden. How did he get such a plush job that threatens to unravel the Trump presidency? https://t.co/zVfgvSGuIA
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 8, 2019
Hours away from his testimony in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, a millionaire Trump donor finds himself at the center of the Ukraine call. Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, was named in the whistleblower complaint. CNN's Alex Marquardt has more. pic.twitter.com/L8hwSFF8pd
— CNN (@CNN) October 8, 2019
I wanna know what was happening in the nearly 5 hours it took Gordon Sondland to respond to Bill Taylor writing “I think it’s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. Sondland responds (5 hours later) “…no quid pro quo’s of any kind.” pic.twitter.com/xYUOXqWNuY
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) October 5, 2019