‘We Followed the President’s Orders’

<p>Gordon D. Sondland, the United States ambassador to the European Union, has evolved from a loyal Trump campaign donor to a witness central to the impeachment inquiry. But his testimony has been contradicted on multiple occasions.</p><p>Today, we look at how both Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee handled their most complicated witness to date. </p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-fandos?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Nicholas Fandos</a>, who covers Congress for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. </p><p>Background reading:</p><ul><li>Mr. Sondland<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/pompeo-sondland-trump-impeachment.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> implicated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo</a> in the nation’s biggest foreign policy controversy in nearly two decades. Reciting emails that he had written to Mr. Pompeo, he said that “everyone was in the loop.”</li><li>Confused about what this moment might mean? Here are answers to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/us/politics/impeachment-trump-explained.html?action=click&module=STYLN_trump_playbook&variant=1_trump_playbook&state=default&pgtype=Article&region=footer&context=guide?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> seven key questions</a> about the impeachment process.</li></ul>