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US diplomat Gordon Sondland says President Donald Trump never spoke to him about stalled military aid to Ukraine or any alleged link to Trump's demands for political investigations. "I never heard from President Trump that aid was conditioned on an announcement of (the investigations)," Sondland tells a congressional impeachment inquiry. SOUNDBITE
Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, is sworn in ahead of a public hearing of the House Intelligence Committee in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. IMAGES
The US ambassador to the European Union tells an impeachment hearing that he was following the orders of President Donald Trump in seeking a "quid pro quo" from Ukraine. "Mr. Giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a White House visit for President Zelensky," Sondland says. SOUNDBITE
Senate Republican Mitch McConnell delivers a scathing criticism of Donald Trump despite voting to acquit the former president on an impeachment charge, saying he was "responsible" for the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. SOUNDBITE
US Senate votes 57-43 on impeachment charge, acquitting former president Donald Trump of inciting the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol. IMAGES