Key witness Gordon Sondland is set to testify in the impeachment inquiry about conversations with Trump regarding Ukraine. Join us for live analysis.
Gordon Sondland is a 62-year-old Oregon businessman and GOP donor who now serves as a U.S. ambassador. Though he was skeptical of Presient Trump during the 2016 Republican primary, Mr. Sondland ultimately gave $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inaugural committee. He was rewarded with a posting to be U.S. ambassador to the European Union, after being confirmed by the Senate to the job in June 2018.
Mr. Sondland has linked a holdup of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine over the summer with investigations that Mr. Trump sought. Another witness, State Department official David Holmes, recounted overhearing a July 26 conversation between Mr. Sondland and the president about the investigations. According to Mr. Holmes, in the call the two men discussed investigations that Mr. Trump had asked the Ukrainians to undertake, specifically a probe into whether any Ukrainians were involved in the 2016 election and whether Vice President Joe Biden took any official action that might have benefited a company where his son was a board member. The call came a day after Mr. Trump spoke with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and asked for the probes.
Mr. Holmes also said he spoke with Mr. Sondland after the call, and he said Mr. Sondland told him that Mr. Trump didn’t care about Ukraine, but was concerned instead about the investigation into Mr. Biden. The Trump conversation, along with Mr. Sondland’s other efforts on behalf of the president in helping direct Ukraine policy, will likely be a central focus of the questioning.
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