Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., took aim at the members of the Trump administration refusing to testify in the impeachment inquiry.
During his testimony Wednesday before the House Intelligence Committee, Gordon Sondland was pressed on why so many members or the Trump administration, including the president himself, were refusing to testify in the impeachment inquiry.Sondland’s remark came at the end of an exchange with Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., who read from Sondland’s opening statement. “You said, ‘As you know, I have already provided 10 hours of deposition testimony.
“By ‘obligation,’ you mean simply your legal obligation or did you mean something bigger?” Heck asked.“Your moral obligation,” Heck echoed before recounting how Sondland’s family had immigrated to the U.S., and the ambassador, a wealthy businessman, had successfully assimilated. “No doubt on some level you’re grateful and it has created a sense of patriotism in you.
“Why then, sir, with your courage to come before us, does that same standard not apply to Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Bolton, Mr. Vought, Mr. Giuliani — why shouldn’t those same sentiments beat within their hearts to do their patriotic duty and do what you have done, sir? Indeed, why doesn’t that same standard apply to the president of the United States?”
Story continuesThroughout his testimony, Sondland noted that he was being prevented from reviewing State Department records on key conversations detailing the administration’s attempts to procure a Ukrainian investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden. "Having access to the State Department materials would have been very helpful to me in trying to reconstruct with whom I spoke and met, when, and what was said," Sondland testified, adding,"I am not a note taker. I am not a memo writer. Never have been."
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