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by Countable's Trump Impeachment Coverage | 11.5.19

November 5th, 2019:

The 30-second recap: A whistleblower complaint, which led to a House impeachment inquiry, accuses White House officials of trying to conceal \"politically sensitive\" information about President Donald Trump's July 25th phone call with Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky. During the phone call, Trump asked Ukraine's leader to \"do us a favor\" and work with Attorney General William Barr and Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani, to \"look into\" former Vice President Joe Biden and his family.

228 House members currently support an impeachment inquiry.

Sondland Updates Impeachment Testimony, Describing Ukraine Quid Pro Quo

Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland has revised his testimony, admitting aid to Ukraine was dependent on the country announcing an investigation into Trump’s political rivals.
\"I now recall speaking individually with Mr. (Andriy) Yermak, where I said resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks,\" Sondland said in a three-page addition to his testimony.

“I presumed that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anticorruption statement,” Sondland added.

The House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committees released deposition transcripts of Sondland and former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker on Tuesday as part of their shift toward the public phrase of the impeachment probe.
Press secretary Stephanie Grisham dismissed Sondland’s remarks:

“No amount of salacious media-biased headlines, which are clearly designed to influence the narrative, change the fact that the president has done nothing wrong.”

What do you think?

Do you support the impeachment probe? If there was a quid pro quo, is that a high crime? Take action and tell your reps, then share your thoughts below.

—Josh Herman

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