Gordon Sondland has an excuse, and it's utterly absurd. jonathanchait writes
Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union. Photo: Daniel Mihailescu /AFP/Getty Images Gordon Sondland, the Republican fundraiser turned ambassador to the European Union turned functionary for President Trump’s extortion scheme in Ukraine testifies in the House today. Sondland’s political ambitions and lack of experience made him the vehicle Trump selected to corrupt American Ukraine policy.
But Sondland has an excuse for all this. His excuse is that he didn’t know what Burisma was. Sondland is testifying that he was aware of the policy trading a meeting for the investigation of Burisma, “but did not then understand the relationship between Burisma and the Bidens,” the Times reported last night.
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