Sondland, political appointee to EU in eye of impeachment storm

Gordon Sondland, the wealthy owner of a chain of boutique hotels, donated $1 million to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and was rewarded with the plum post of US ambassador to the European Union.Sixteen months after moving to Brussels, the 62-year-old Sondland finds himself in the eye of the hurricane that is the impeachment hearings."This has been a very bad experience for me," the tall, balding political appointee said during a first round of questioning last month by the House co