Friday, February 14, 2020

blog 3.5- civil servants

6. What was Gordon Sondland's job in the Trump Administration? 
7. What did Ambassador Sondland testify during the impeachment investigation?
8. What was Sondland's background before becoming the ambassador?
9. Who else might the Trump Administration take action against, according to this article?
1. Vindman is a top Ukraine expert on the national security council. 
2. He testified that he found the call inappropriate and that he saw it as "improper for the president of the United States to demand a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen and political opponent." 
3. White House removed Vindman and reassigned his brother. 
4. The White House is framing this not as payback against Vindman but a broader shrinking of the NSC staff. 
5. Officials will be more fearful to speak out or testify against the president if he acts inappropriately again. 
6. Sonland was a major Trump donor before getting the ambassador's job and pressured officials in Kyiv to announce an investigation into former VP.
7. Sondland's testimony also made it clear that the scheme to pressure Ukraine was not some rogue. operation masterminded by Giuliani alone. He provided extensive documentation, including emails and text messages, showing that his personal efforts in service of arranging the quid pro quo were authorized at the highest levels of the administration. 
8.  He was a major Trump donor. 
9.  The trump administration might take action against some of the other key witnesses. 

No comments:

Post a Comment

blog. 3.7- the drop outs

1. South Bend, Indiana mayor 2. winning Iowa and coming in second in New Hampshire 3. intelligent and relatively progressive young voice c...