Eine Million Dollar hatte Sondland für Trumps Amtseinführung gespendet und wurde dafür mit dem Posten des US-Botschafters bei der EU belohnt. Nun belastete er den Präsidenten schwer – und nicht nur ihn, meint Stefan Niemann.
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Impeachment Hearing Live Updates: Sondland Says ‘We Followed the President’s Orders’ on Ukraine
After Mr. Sondland testified that everyone from Mr. Trump on down was aware of the pressure campaign on Ukraine, House Democrats quickly declared that he had bolstered their case for impeachment.
Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, called Mr. Sondland’s testimony “among the most significant evidence to date,” saying he described “a basic quid pro quo” that conditioned American security aid on Ukraine agreeing to investigate Mr. Trump’s political rivals.
Why is Holmes testimony private after public impeachment hearings started? It‘s standard, legal experts say
David Holmes, the State Department official who overheard a key conversation between President Donald Trump and a U.S. ambassador, was expected to give private testimony Friday, continuing closed-door interviews even as members of Congress hosted a public hearing in the U.S. Capitol.
Republicans and Democrats have sparred over the closed format of the depositions, with the GOP slamming them as „secret“ and part of a „Soviet-style“ inquiry.
Impeachment witness provides firsthand account of hearing Trump demand ‘investigation’ of Bidens by Ukraine
Holmes testified that he overheard parts of Trump’s phone call with Sondland during a lunch in Kyiv, because the president was speaking so loudly that his voice was audible through the phone to others sitting at the table nearby, according to the people familiar with the testimony.
Aide confirms Trump-Sondland call about Ukraine investigations
David Holmes, the aide to Bill Taylor who overheard President Trump‘s conversation with EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, said that Sondland told Trump that President Zelensky would do „anything you ask him to,“ and that he confirmed the Ukrainians were going to „do the investigation.“ CNN‘s Manu Raju has the details.