Gordon Sondland’s public testimony gave the impeachment inquiry its most damaging day yet, describing work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine as being done at the “express direction” of President Trump. He said the push for investigations was linked to the coveted White House meeting, badly weakening the argument that Giuliani was acting alone. Even where Sondland tried to soften parts of the case, the overall effect was to make Trump’s denials look thinner by the hour.
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Sondland Turns Trump’s Ukraine Defense Inside Out
Gordon Sondland’s public testimony gave the impeachment inquiry its most damaging day yet, describing work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine as being done at the “express direction” of President Trump. He said the push for investigations was linked to the coveted White House meeting, badly weakening the argument that Giuliani was acting alone. Even where Sondland tried to soften parts of the case, the overall effect was to make Trump’s denials look thinner by the hour.
Gordon Sondland’s public testimony gave the impeachment inquiry its most damaging day yet, describing work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine as being done at the “express direction” of President Trump. He said the push for investigations was linked to the coveted White House meeting, badly weakening the argument that Giuliani was acting alone. Even where Sondland tried to soften parts of the case, the overall effect was…
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