Trump-Blocked Witnesses Loom Large in Impeachment Drama
- Trump donor-turned-ambassador Sondland saw quid pro quo
- Pentagon official says Ukraine knew about hold on aid earlier
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Gordon Sondland testified that “everyone was in the loop” about his months-long push for a quid pro quo from Ukraine. Democrats must now decide if they’ve gathered enough evidence to justify impeaching President Donald Trump quickly or press for more.
In more than six hours of testimony on Wednesday, the hotelier-turned-envoy to the European Union said he informed Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and other top officials that he was relaying a demand that he believed came directly from the president: Ukrainian aid and an Oval Office meeting required a corruption probe tied to former Vice President Joe Biden’s family.