Key impeachment witness sues Pompeo over $1.8 million in unpaid legal fees
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President Donald Trump's former ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is suing former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the US government to cover $1.8 million in unpaid legal fees he incurred during the House impeachment probe.
The lawsuit claims that Pompeo personally told Sondland -- who was denied a government lawyer -- that the US government would be able to reimburse him for his legal fees but ultimately reneged on that promise upon learning about Sondland's explosive 2019 testimony. Specifically, it claims that Pompeo's about-face came after Sondland's became the first impeachment witness to confirm there was a quid pro quo that came from Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani at the "express direction of the President."More Related News
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