CNN: ":"\u003cstrong>A handful of Republicans tried to prevent the President from dismissing Gordon Sondland, an impeachment witness, The New York Times reports\u003c/strong>", "BANNER=|pagerendered| ((lubuntu at wor2))

|| Senators reportedly tried to prevent Trump from firing ambassador ||" , title: "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos" , siblings: {"articleList":[{"uri":"/2020/02/08/politics/republican-senators-sondland-trump/index.html","headline":"\u003cstrong>A handful of Republicans tried to prevent the President from dismissing Gordon Sondland, an impeachment witness, The New York Times reports\u003c/strong>","thumbnail":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200120121342-02-trump-0109-file-small-11.jpg","duration":"","description":"A handful of Republican senators attempted to stop \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/president-donald-trump-45\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> from firing the US Ambassador to the European Union, who was a key impeachment witness, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/08/us/politics/trump-alexander-vindman-firing.html?referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times\u003c/a> reported Saturday. ","layout":""