AFP, WASHINGTONA US ambassador nominated by US President Donald Trump who provided key testimony in his impeachment hearings was accused on Wednesday of sexual misconduct by three women. One of the women, Jana Solis, said that she met Sondland in 2008 when she was seeking work in her position as a safety expert for hotels. Sondland met her for lunch and offered her a job as “my new hotel chick” before slapping her rear, Solis said. Another woman, Nicole Vogel, said that she met Sondland in 2003 over dinner to seek investment in a new magazine. Despite his support for Trump, Sondland, testifying last week under oath before lawmakers, said that he was following the president’s orders in demanding that Ukraine investigate former US vice president Joe Biden before Trump would agree to a White House summit.

Source: Taipei Times November 28, 2019 16:07 UTC