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The Hotelier at the Heart of Trump’s Impeachment Inquiry
It’s possible you’ve stayed in one of Gordon Sondland’s hotels and never knew it.
According to White House foreign policy adviser Fiona Hill, the United States ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, was so inexperienced, he posed a “national security risk.” Indeed, Sondland’s expertise and much of his $60 million net worth, comes from operating hotels in the Pacific Northwest and Midwestern states, as founder of Provenance Hotels—a Portland, Ore.-based company that has typically shown little to no interest in overseas dealings. (Sondland left his executive role with the company in July 2018, ahead of becoming ambassador.)
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