WASHINGTON – In testimony that stunned both Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday, Gordon Sondland, the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, described how President Donald Trump directed a sprawling campaign to pressure Ukraine’s government into publicly announcing it was launching investigations into Trump’s political opponents.
Over the course of six hours of testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, Sondland – a real estate developer from Portland who donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee – directly implicated senior officials across Trump’s national security apparatus in what he said was a “a clear quid pro quo.”
Wednesday marked the third time Sondland has provided testimony to the committee, but the first time he has done so publicly.
Sondland was initially deposed on Oct 17, but two weeks later he amended his original testimony, admitting for the first time that he did, in fact, convey Trump’s demands to Ukrainian officials. He had denied doing so the first time he was interviewed. On Wednesday, Sondland’s version of events changed again.
Here are the most important things Sondland revealed.
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