What to know about Gordon Sondland, Pres. Trump's EU ambassador—and a key player in Ukraine affair.
It was an exclusive dinner held amid the Greek columns of the Mellon auditorium in Washington, D.C., celebrating the inauguration of the incoming president, Donald J. Trump. The guest list included close friends of the president-elect, high-ranking campaign aides and an array of foreign ambassadors and dignitaries, along with some hoping to one day hold a coveted post in the nation’s diplomatic corps.
Sondland was among the biggest donors to the Trump inaugural committee, writing a series of six-figure checks totaling $1 million under the name of multiple companies linked to himself and his wife Katherine Durant, according to campaign finance records. The exchange, provided to Congress by Volker, as part of his closed-door deposition before multiple House committees, shows what appears to be encrypted text messages regarding aid money Trump ordered to be held back from Ukraine.
"Bill, I believe you are incorrect about President Trump's intentions. The President has been crystal clear: no quid pro quo’s of any kind. The President is trying to evaluate whether Ukraine is truly going to adopt the transparency and reforms that President Zelenskiy promised during his campaign," Sondland says.
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