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BumRushDaShow

(127,331 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:53 PM Oct 2019

Amid impeachment probe Gordon Sondland is overseeing a renovation of his residence that has cost $1m

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Source: Washington Post

BRUSSELS — Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a central figure in the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump, is overseeing a nearly $1 million renovation of his government-provided residence, paid for with taxpayer money, that current and former officials have criticized as extravagant and unnecessary.

The work on the ambassador’s home on the outskirts of Brussels includes more than $400,000 in kitchen renovations, nearly $30,000 for a new sound system and $95,000 for an outdoor “living pod” with a pergola and electric heating, LED lighting strips and a remote-control system, government procurement records show. The State Department also has allocated more than $100,000 for an “alternate” residence for Sondland for September and October, while work is performed.

Sondland, a hotel developer and major Trump fundraiser who had no diplomacy background before he was confirmed by the Senate in June 2018, was pivotal to the administration’s efforts to pressure the government of Ukraine to investigate Trump’s political rivals, according to text messages and testimony from current and former officials. He is scheduled to be deposed by impeachment investigators on Thursday and plans to say that a text message he sent Sept. 9 to the senior U.S. diplomat in Kyiv denying any quid pro quo with Ukraine, which was desperate for U.S. military aid and diplomatic support, was relayed to him directly by Trump, according to a person familiar with his testimony.

The renovations at the E.U. ambassador’s residence, which include $33,000 for handmade furniture from Italy, appeared driven by Sondland’s lavish tastes rather than practical needs, people familiar with the matter said. Like others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity citing the situation’s sensitivity and a desire to be candid with their insights.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/amid-impeachment-probe-gordon-sondland-is-overseeing-a-renovation-of-his-residence-that-has-cost-1-million-in-taxpayer-money/2019/10/16/d0eece92-ef86-11e9-bb7e-d2026ee0c199_story.html



Full headline: Amid impeachment probe, Gordon Sondland is overseeing a renovation of his residence that has cost $1 million in taxpayer money

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Amid impeachment probe Gordon Sondland is overseeing a renovation of his residence that has cost $1m (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 OP
Disgusting sakabatou Oct 2019 #1
Lets make his wife's fear come true lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #2
It drives me mad how very stupid people like him gets control of millions dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #4
He will lie and protect! bluestarone Oct 2019 #3
Locking. JudyM Oct 2019 #5

sakabatou

(42,083 posts)
1. Disgusting
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:56 PM
Oct 2019

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
2. Lets make his wife's fear come true
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:19 PM
Oct 2019

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on the hotel groups website, they misspell "Tennessee" as "Tennesee" (OMG)

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. It drives me mad how very stupid people like him gets control of millions
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 09:28 PM
Oct 2019


oh.....wait.....it's stupider people who give it to them.
and don't care if something is mis-spelled.

bluestarone

(16,723 posts)
3. He will lie and protect!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:24 PM
Oct 2019

That's why he's testifying!

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
5. Locking.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 11:50 PM
Oct 2019

This is a dupe of this earlier OP https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142382468
Please continue discussion in that thread.

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