House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence public hearing on the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald J. Trump

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland is sworn in during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence public hearing on the impeachment inquiry into US President Donald J. Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 20, 2019. The impeachment inquiry is being led by three congressional committees and was launched following a whistleblower's complaint that alleges US President Donald J. Trump requested help from the President of Ukraine to investigate a political rival, Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. Pool Photo by Erik S. Lesser/UPI