“Clear quid pro quo”: Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, testified on Nov. 23. Mr. Sondland, a wealthy hotelier from Oregon, told the committee that President Trump directed the Ukraine pressure campaign, that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed off, and that Vice President Mike Pence was told about an apparent link between Ukraine’s military aid and the investigations the president desired. He confirmed that there was a “clear quid pro quo” for a White House meeting between Mr. Trump and Ukraine’s president.
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A television along the street shows Gordon Sondland, the U.S ambassador to the European Union, as he testifies in the public hearing in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Nov. 20, 2019 in New York City.
