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Gordon Sondland Went 'Tekashi 6ix9ine' During Impeachment Hearing
US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testifies during the House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 20, 2019. – The US ambassador to the European Union told an impeachment hearing Wednesday that he was following the orders of President Donald Trump in seeking a “quid pro quo” from Ukraine. Gordon Sondland — whose appearance before Congress is being watched especially closely as he was a Trump ally — said he believed the president was pressing Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival Joe Biden. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
By Yesha Callahan · Updated November 4, 2020
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When it comes to spilling all of the beans and pointing all ten of his fingers during Wednesday’s impeachment hearing, Gordon ‘Tekashi 6ix9ine’ Sondland didn’t hold back not one bit.

Sondland, the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, told investigators that President Donald Trump was the one to tell him to speak to Rudy Guiliani about Ukraine, according to the Washington Post. This was done while Guiliani was already sipping tea with Ukrainian officials to pressure them in opening investigations into the 2016 presidential election.

“We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani. Simply put, we played the hand we were dealt. We all understood that if we refused to work with Mr. Giuliani, we would lose an important opportunity to cement relations between the United States and Ukraine,” Sondland said. “So we followed the President’s orders.”

Sondland went on to point the finger at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former national security adviser John Bolton 

Of course, the president is now trying to distance himself from Sondland and sounded like a Mariah Carey ‘I Don’t Know Her’ meme.

“I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much,” Trump told reporters, according to a White House pool report. “This is not a man I know well. He seems like a nice guy, though.”

As the hearing dragged on Wednesday, A$AP Rocky even got a few mentions.

"I think we primarily discussed ASAP Rocky."

Ambassador Sondland just cited rapper ASAP Rocky in his opening statement during the 4th day of Trump #ImpeachmentHearings pic.twitter.com/qeIA7stRyp

— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) November 20, 2019

What a time to be alive.

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