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Trump administration orders ambassador not to appear at House impeachment probe deposition
Fox News ^
| October 08 2019
| Adam Shaw
Posted on 10/08/2019 5:54:49 AM PDT by knighthawk
The Trump administration has ordered the U.S. ambassador to the European Union not to appear at a scheduled Tuesday deposition on the Ukraine controversy, according to his lawyer -- a move likely to significantly escalate tensions between House Democrats and the White House.
The move to block Gordon Sondland, first reported by The New York Times, is likely to infuriate Democrats who have indicated they will see any such move as an obstruction of its investigation into the controversy surrounding Trumps July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
An attorney for Sondland said the order not to appear came from the State Department. Attorney Robert Luskin said Sondland, who had previously agreed to appear voluntarily for a closed session, is required to follow the department's direction. No reason for the direction was cited, he said.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ambassador; gordonsondland; impeachment; sondland; trump; trumpeu
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To: knighthawk
Then bote for an inquiry.
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posted on
10/08/2019 5:56:53 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Funds Robbed from Everyone Else. F.R.E.E.)
To: knighthawk
Excellent! Fight them at EVERY step, at EVERY opportunity.
This nation is far too precious to be surrendered to the madness that is the left’s socialism.
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posted on
10/08/2019 5:57:00 AM PDT
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
To: knighthawk
What if they had a hearing and nobody came?
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:00:44 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
To: knighthawk
These DIM losers are illegitimately pursuing sedition against the duly elected President. They should be arrested, taken to GITMO and waterboarded. What uncivil, illegally-operating tur**. It is pathetic that they have any supporters. People who vote for these nitwits possibly are only one degree above zombies, if that.
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:01:10 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
To: knighthawk
We shouldn't have an ambassador to the EU. That is not a sovereign nation.
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:02:06 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(My post is pure BS, don't believe anything I post, including this tagline.)
To: hal ogen
As far as I am concerned, the President can let the Marines handle the problem.
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:02:11 AM PDT
by
chris37
(Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
To: knighthawk
They don’t have to appear.No formal vote!
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:03:19 AM PDT
by
Renegade
To: ASA Vet
We shouldn’t have an ambassador to the EU. That is not a sovereign nation.
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Yeppers. Goes double for the ambassador to the United Nations.
To: knighthawk
If this is a consular ship, where’s the Ambassador?
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:04:56 AM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: PubliusMM
Trump better be careful. If he keeps this up, they may try to impeach him. ;)
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:13:17 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
To: knighthawk
Ridiculous fishing expedition.
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:16:01 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: Responsibility2nd
We need an ambassador to mcdonalds :)
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:21:14 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: knighthawk
...a move likely to significantly escalate tensions between House Democrats and the White House I don't know how this could escalate any more.
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:24:43 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
To: knighthawk
These azzholes are going out of their way to shield the whistleblowers from the public, then wanna make hay over not being able to hold a beauty pageant of everyone they can manipulate to help create their farce?
To: Responsibility2nd
Not all ambassadors represent the USA to another nation. The are ambassadors to international organizations (mostly UN) and ambassadors-at-large. More info
here.
To: knighthawk
The plenary meeting of the State Organ for the Dissolution of the Unitary Non-Proletarian Executor was told to go stick it in their Bolshevik butts?
Right On Don.
To: Renegade
Plus they aren’t conducting an investigation; merely a witch hunt.
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:30:52 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: knighthawk
Good. Its nothing but a psyop. There is no proceeding before which to *testify*.
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:36:00 AM PDT
by
jazminerose
(Adorable Deplorable)
To: knighthawk
Is this where Tlaib has them arrested and thrown in the Nancy Pelosi’s dungeon?
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posted on
10/08/2019 6:43:35 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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