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Trump fires key impeachment witness Gordon Sondland as EU ambassador

Trump fires key impeachment witness Gordon Sondland as EU ambassador


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Ambassador Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump’s efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
  • Gordon Sondland, the US’s ambassador to the EU, became the second impeachment witness to be fired on Friday.
  • Sondland was ousted not long after after Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, another crucial firsthand witness to President Donald Trump’s Ukraine dealings, was abruptly fired and escorted from the White House.
  • “I was advised today that the President intends to recall me effective immediately as United States Ambassador to the European Union,” Sondland said in a statement.
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Gordon Sondland was abruptly recalled as the US’s ambassador to the European Union on Friday.
 

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