By Everton Bailey, Jr.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler speaks during a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (click here) says he plans to donate $16,000 in campaign contributions he received from controversial Portland hotelier and European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland between 2012 and 2016.
Wheeler announced Tuesday that he plans to send the money to eight local nonprofits and groups, as well as a national coalition supporting the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Sondland, who became the U.S. ambassador to the European Union last summer, has become embroiled in the Ukraine scandal and President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry.
According to campaign disclosure reports, Sondland personally donated $5,000 in 2015 to Wheeler’s mayoral campaign and $500 in 2012 when Wheeler ran successfully as state treasurer. Sondland also donated $10,000 to Wheeler’s mayoral campaign in 2016 under a real estate investment fund tied to his Provenance Hotels....
