Sondland to testify quid pro quo in Ukraine was real and widely known

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland will testify Wednesday that there was a "quid pro quo" between Ukraine conducting politically-motivated investigations and getting U.S. military assistance, and that many in the administration knew it, according to his opening statement.

“I know that members of this Committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a ‘quid pro quo?’ As I testified previously, with regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is yes,” his opening...