We’ve already seen proof of the crime. Now the White House is undertaking the cover-up. jonathanchait writes
President Trump and European Union ambassador Gordon Sondland. Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP/Shutterstock American ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is a key figure in the Ukraine scandal. The Republican megadonor helped push diplomats to orient American policy toward Ukraine around President Trump’s goal of extorting the country to investigate his domestic rivals.
Texts between diplomats showed they clearly grasped that American policy was a quid pro quo, trading a presidential visit and ultimately military aid in return for the Ukrainian government’s investigations into Joe Biden’s son’s Hunter’s dealings there.
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