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Gordon Sondland Is Aiming Right at Trump’s Achilles’ Heel

He drew a careful distinction in his testimony between actual efforts to fight corruption and a public statement that would damage one of the president’s opponents.
Source: Andrew Harnik / AP

Nothing about Gordon Sondland’s handling of the Ukraine affair—either as the ambassador to the European Union or as a witness in the impeachment inquiry—has appeared methodical or subtle.

But , Sondland seems to have found his sense of care. Systematically but consistently, he is undermining all of the pillars

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