Sgt Volker “I know nothing!”
That’s right, Sondland, do not go gentle under the wheel well – old age should burn and rave at the coming tantrum; rage, rage against going under the bus!
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I think that, when this is all over, Josh K and the rest of the team should be nominated for a damned Pulitzer.
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yeow!!!
trump better go see his doc,
he has to figure out how to out live this guy so he can get his revenge.
Sondland is almost untouchable by trump.
the first one of its kind.
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Sondland is very specific (multiple times) that the Trump/Giuliani demand was not really for investigations, but rather for the announcement of investigations.
This is important. Most Republican justifications are based on the need to root out corruption. They don’t justify the focus on a public announcement.
The reality underneath this is simple. This was a demand for a replay of the Comey investigation announcements that torpedoed Hillary Clinton, but this time aimed at Joe Biden.
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True Trump is in a real bind with this guy: he can’t fire him he is already gone, he can’t ruin his political career he has none and GOP politicians will continue to kiss his ass for donations, and he cannot prosecute him because, well he has the receipts.
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Whatever medical issue Fat Nixon was treated for the other day, he’s going to need some treatment for a kick in the nuts today.
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If the GOP doesn’t acknowledge that Trump is unsalvageable at this point, Donnie might actually be able to shoot someone in the head on Fifth Avenue and get away with it.
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Sondland revealed new WhatsApp messages and emails.
Let’s stick a pin in that sentence. Sondland is casually admitting that much of this communication occurred via an end-to-end encrypted chat system that lies completely outside of the required government records, and that is in part designed to be resistant to eavesdropping by his own government. For any bullshit the Republicans tried to throw about Clinton’s use of a private email server as an attempt to evade records laws…THIS is an ACTUAL SMOKING GUN WITH A DEAD BODY LYING NEXT TO IT.
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Can’t Second Punchable be subpoenaed? I would love for someone to ask him, “Congressman, you were so concerned that we were doing secret proceedings, you invaded a secure meeting room and ordered pizza. My question is we just ordered a sausage and cheese, extra sauce, while you’re sitting here. You want something else?..How do you like the public hearing, so far? …Oh, majority counsel is next. He’s insistent about asking you some questions about bringing cel phones into a top secret facility and obstruction of justice. It might take a liitle while, would you like a more comfortable chair to squirm in?”
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Sondland, Sondland. Hmmm, I’ve never heard of him. Was he the coffee boy?
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What’s next? He’s lying or he’s a Never Trumper?
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Love to see who the bookies have odds on who is going to cave next.
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NPR’s “All Siderisms Considered” (my pet name for All Things Considered) had a piece on yesterday where three Tennessee voters said essentially the following: (1) Old man-“These young voters don’t know nothing. They can easily be tricked. I’m sticking with Trump.” (2) Young, city voter: “We all know Trump is corrupt, but let’s not waste energy now. Let’s vote him out in 2020.” (3) Disillusioned artist; “All politicians suck. I’m not voting.” I am very disappointed by how much “oxygen” NPR and PBS are giving Republican talking points, most of which have nothing to do with impeachment and everything to do with disparaging the process and the witnesses. There are too many citizens like Tennessee #3 above who need the facts presented and the Republican noise machine ignored if they are going to be convinced to participate in the electoral process. Republicans have convinced so many that “everybody is doing it.” Nobody has flaunted the law out in the open like Trump in my lifetime and that includes Richard Nixon.
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“I’ve never heard of this Sondland who I spoke to frequently on unsecured cell phones.” Bet the Russians and Chinese could disprove that.
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While reading this, I kept remembering the Doonesbury cartoon that was published around the time that Nixon left office: “ . . . That’s Guilty, Guilty, Guilty . . . “
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and Sondland’s fingerprints all over the gun.
Sondland is trying to minimize his liability.
He’s clever but still caught.
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Why did 45* hire this never-trumper in the first place?
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