I’m in the impeachment inquiry room aka The Chamber aka The Icebox aka The Thunderdome aka the Soviet-Style Stalinist Chamber today. Coming up in minutes: testimony from EU ambassador Gordon Sondland, which should be eventful.
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Paul McLeod Retweeted NBC News
And right off the bat, Sondland to flip (again!)https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1197150450711224320 …
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NBC NewsVerified account @NBCNewsBREAKING: Amb. Sondland to point finger at Pres. Trump, Sec. Pompeo and former NSA Bolton in public impeachment hearing testimony Wednesday: "They knew what we were doing and why," Sondland plans to say, according to opening statement obtained by@NBCNews. https://nbcnews.to/37pqdA4Show this thread1 reply 5 retweets 25 likesShow this thread -
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Sondland opening testimony is online, where he says he worked with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine at the express direction of President Trump. “We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani. Simply put, we played the hand we were dealt.” https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000016e-88f1-d93d-ad6f-8ef3ea120000 …
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Key passage: "Mr. Giuliani’s requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a White House visit for President Zelensky. Mr. Giuliani demanded that Ukraine make a public statement announcing investigations of the 2016 election/DNC server and Burisma...
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...Mr. Giuliani was expressing the desires of the President of the United States, and we knew that these investigations were important to the President."
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Sondland on frozen aid to Ukraine: "I later came to believe that the resumption of security aid would not occur until there was a public statement from Ukraine committing to the investigations of the 2016 election and Burisma, as Mr. Giuliani had demanded."
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FYI if you want to follow along we have a livestream up and will be reporting updates throughout the day:https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/fourth-public-impeachment-testimony-sondland-cooper-hale …
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Condensed Devin Nunes opening: “Welcome to the circus… asinine accusations… absurdity… impeachment crusade… past the point of no return… smear the president… frenzy…” And then: “Ambassador Sondland, you are here today to be smeared."
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Seems pretty clear that Nunes wrote his opening statement before the details of Sondland’s testimony broke and he didn’t get a chance to update it.
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