A key diplomat at the center of an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump said he will testify before House committees despite efforts by the State Department to stop his deposition, according to his lawyers on Friday, Oct. 11.
Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and an employee of the State Department, was previously scheduled to appear before a joint House committee on Oct. 8 to answer lawmakers’ questions in a closed session. Sondland’s attorney, Robert Luskin, said at the time that his client was directed by the U.S. State Department to not appear for his scheduled meeting in Congress.
