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Trump’s EU ambassador to testify after Democrats’ subpoena

The Hill logoA key witness in House Democrats’ ongoing impeachment inquiry will testify next week despite the State Department’s objection.

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland will testify before the House on Thursday in compliance with a congressional subpoena, according to his counsel.

“Notwithstanding the State Department’s current direction to not testify, Ambassador Sondland will honor the Committees’ subpoena, and he looks forward to testifying on Thursday,” according to a statement from Sondland’s attorneys, Robert Luskin and Kwame Manley.

View the complete October 11 article by Morgan Chalfant on The Hill website here.

State orders EU ambassador not to testify before House

The Hill logoA key witness in the House impeachment inquiry was ordered not to appear at a scheduled deposition on Tuesday, ramping up tensions between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration.

The State Department instructed Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland not to appear for the deposition, according to his counsel.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) later lashed out at the State Department, saying Sondland has messages on a personal device that are relevant to the impeachment inquiry. He and the chairmen of two other House panels said they would issue a subpoena to Sondland.

View the complete October 8 article by Cristina Marcos and Alicia Cohn on The Hill website here.