Gordon Sondland’s testimony upended a key argument Senate Republicans have used to defend Trump in the impeachment inquiry. And GOP senators have started to reframe their case as they dismiss complaints about Trump's behavior
Gordon Sondland’s testimony Wednesday upended a key argument Senate Republicans have used to defend President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry: no quid pro quo.
But Sondland also acknowledged that he never heard from Trump directly to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine — something the president’s defenders are already highlighting. Republicans also raised questions with Sondland’s credibility, after drastically altering his closed-door testimony. Sondland told impeachment investigators after his deposition that he told a top Ukrainian official hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid would likely be held up unless investigations into Trump’s political rivals were announced — a major reversal.
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