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Lizzo and Billie Eilish. It was a day of explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry, as the Us Ambassador to the eu Gordon Sondland gave evidence. The ambassador said he was acting at the express direction of the president on ukraine. The democratic led house of representatives is investigating whether or not the president improperly put pressure on ukraine to investigate his political rival the former Vice President joe biden. The bbcs north america editorjon sopel reports. The day a simmering pot boiler became a blockbuster drama, with this unlikely character as the leading man. Gordon sondland, a wealthy hotelier, was made ambassador to the European Union on the strength of 1 million donation to Donald Trumps inauguration committee. Now hed come under oath to eviscerate the president s account of his dealings with ukraine. I was acting in good faith. As a president ial appointee, i followed the directions of the president. We worked with mr giuliani because the president directe