Sondland was a key witness for the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight Committees, whose staff had been expected to ask him why he became involved in dealings with Ukraine, which is not a member of the EU.
Concerns about the call, and possible Trump threats to Ukraine, came to the attention of Congress in a report by a whistleblower. On Sunday, lawyers said a second whistleblower had come forward to substantiate that complaint.The request for Sondland’s appearance marked a shift for the investigation because he is a Trump donor and political appointee. Previous witnesses have been career officials, including the former U.S.
Another career diplomat, Marie Yovanovitch, is scheduled to meet with the committees behind closed doors on Friday. Yovanovitch was the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine until Trump recalled her in May before her term was up, after the president’s supporters questioned her loyalty. Trump has reacted furiously to the inquiry, using obscenities and insulting nicknames for Democratic lawmakers in posts on Twitter. Administration officials - and some Republican allies in Congress - have questioned whether they have any obligation to cooperate with the inquiry.The White House was expected to tell Pelosi this week that it would ignore lawmakers’ demands for documents until the House holds a vote to approve the impeachment inquiry.
Good.
What has it got to do with Ukraine? it's not part of the EU and in its current state of affairs, it will be a long time before it does.
Hold a vote and then call him...until then, this is a fishing expedition. Vote on it you cowards.
Schiff looks worried. Are you worried Schiff? Have people seen through your plan?
Refusing to acknowledge this farce is correct. We can read and comprehend the ACTUAL transcript! This is to take the focus off Biden corruption and the Durham investigation.
pff de facto impeachment started from day one, doubt constitution allows that either.
Force Sondland to turn over documents and texts and testify, but do it publicly so the public can see the whole thing. If neither party has anything to hide them this is the clear solution.
Giuliani and Trump are helping Putin's criminal oligarch Firtash to avoid extradition from Austria to the United States. Obviously, felon Firtash has information about deals between Putin and Trump. Imprison felon Trump! ImpeachTrumpPenceBarr ImpeachTrumpNow ImpeachDonaldTrump
Just normal things innocent people do, look away citizens
This is not the first time I've seen blatant schooling of Republican House allies. Surely they are smarter than using the same phrases over and over. Maybe I'm giving them more credit than they deserve.
.....because its all bullshit.
Ah Reuters, you really slaughtered journalism. Way to go!
MORE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
Mojocitarita why aren't they stopped, we do have laws
So why are they not taking a vote to impeach? Oh that's right, because they have nothing and this is just a BS show for the elections. If they really knew he did something illegal they would have voted to impeach already.
So why isn't there a warrant out for them?
Guess they’ll have to subpoena him so they can ignore that too.
Arrest the bastard on contempt
This is NOT A LEGITIMATE IMPEACHMENT PROBE. No vote yet in the HOUSE. Not a legitimate probe. A bunch of liars that hate the President trying to get rid of him before the election. Nice try.
They're gonna block everyone from testifying. Man, imagine just how bad Trump really has been on these calls for them to block people from giving honest testimony. Hoo-Boy!
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