Gordon Sondland faces criticism over $1 million taxpayer-funded home renovation

[RandySF]

BRUSSELS — Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and a central figure in the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump, is overseeing a nearly $1 million renovation of his government-provided residence, paid for with taxpayer money, that current and former officials have criticized as extravagant and unnecessary.

The work on the ambassador’s home on the outskirts of Brussels includes more than $400,000 in kitchen renovations, nearly $30,000 for a new sound system and $95,000 for an outdoor “living pod” with a pergola and electric heating, LED lighting strips and a remote-control system, government procurement records show.

The State Department also has allocated more than $100,000 for an “alternate” residence for Sondland for September and October, while work is performed.

Sondland, a hotel developer and major Trump fundraiser who had no diplomacy background before he was confirmed by the Senate in June 2018, was pivotal to the administration’s efforts to pressure the government of Ukraine to investigate Trump’s political rivals, according to text messages and testimony from current and former officials.





https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/amid-impeachment-probe-gordon-sondland-is-overseeing-a-renovation-of-his-residence-that-has-cost-1-million-in-taxpayer-money/2019/10/16/d0eece92-ef86-11e9-bb7e-d2026ee0c199_story.html

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Thieves.

Plain and simple.

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. Swamp

[NJCher]

3. disgraceful

eom

[Mc Mike]

4. Put little lord fauntleroy's expenditures on the taxpayers' tab.

Typical repug. Austerity for thee, not for he.

[Andy823]

5. Every one of trumps

gang of thieves need to repay all the wasted money they have "robbed" from taxpayers, including all the money trump has spent at his own properties, also paid for by taxpayers.

I also think there should be fines imposed against them for using all that money.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

6. He probably won't be around long enough to enjoy it.