Thread by @MiriamElder, Here is the link to Sondland’s full testimony: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/CPRT-116-IG00-D006.pdf Sondland says he [...]

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Sondland says he saw Trump before his testimony and that the president told him to u201cgo tell the truthu201d

White House counsel asked him to come in for an interview ahead of his testimony and he declined. Also says he spoke to Rick Perry ahead of his testimony to u201crefresh his memoryu201d

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Sondland was concerned about Fiona Hillu2019s testimony re: the meeting with Ukrainians in the WH basement. And then, there were jokes.

Sondland says he u201cdoesnu2019t rememberu201d telling Yovanovitch to tweet praise of the president

Sondland says the sum of Trumpu2019s guidance was u201ctalk to Rudy, talk to Rudyu201d and u201cUkraine is a problemu201d

Sondland is a mess. Trying to downplay his role in Ukraine, until Congressional investigatorsu2026 cite his own opening statement back to him.

Lol Sondland makes a point of noting that he does not follow Giuliani on Twitter

Sondland pleading ignorance on the connection between Burisma and the Bidens is a real high point in this testimony.

The image of Trump saying u201cthey tried to take me downu201d over and over, re: Ukraine

Sondland says Trump, via Giuliani, fed the 2016 and Burisma investigations language that they were looking for in a public statement from Zelensky.

Sondland, come on. He says he didnu2019t see the NYT story on Giuliani and Ukraine, but DID see the Solomon/Hill story and DIDNu2019T see Giuliani on Fox ever because u201cI watch HBO.u201d

I too watch HBO (bring back Succession!!!!!)

Sondland gives context to Trumpu2019s infamous u201cno quid pro quou201d line, says Trump brought up the concept on his own and thenu2026 basically hung up on him.

Nunes starts his questioning by saying (????) that the Steele dossier originated in Ukraine (Schiff pushes back)

Jay Leno alert

This is just one of (many examples) of Sondland highlighting Rick Perryu2019s involvement in this whole thing

Hereu2019s a (rather unsatisfying) u201cthree amigosu201d origin story

Sondlandu2019s line, repeated here, is that he believed Trump didnu2019t care about Ukraine and thatu2019s why he pawned it off on Giuliani

Sondlandu2019s fave line is u201cI donu2019t recall.u201d Here he is not recalling if he spoke to Mulvaney (u201che rarely responded to emails and almost never returned phone calls.u201d)

This is getting embarrassingu2026 theyu2019re referencing other witness testimony and Sondlandu2019s own texts to highlight the inconsistencies in his testimony

Sondland says Giuliani personally amended the press statement they were writing for Zelensky, promising investigations into 2016/Burisma in exchange for a White House visit

Another option they considered, instead of a statement, was having Zelenskiy go on TV to make the promise

Omg they wanted Zelenskiy to go on Tucker Carlson!?

This is followed in the transcriot by McDermott saying, u201cLet the record reflect thereu2019s lots of laughing in the room.u201d NOTED.

Sondland says he didn& #39;t make the connection between withheld aid/held-up WH visit and the 2016/Burisma investigations until he got Bill Taylor& #39;s text

Sondland sticking to his story that he didnu2019t realize the connection between Burisma and the Bidens, says u201cI never heard [Giuliani] mention Biden."

Sondland says u201cthis has been a very bad experience for me.u201d

And then reveals heu2019s totally ghosted on Ukrainian officials since this all broke out!

Sondland willfully (and repeatedly) puts up walls that donu2019t really exist, saying Giuliani talked about Burisma (not Biden) and that he was pushing for a statement promising an investigation rather than the investigation itself. Meaningless distinctions.

And here it is, Sondland, Trump donor-turned-diplomat, explains after pages of equivocating on key details, why he canu2019t seem to remember so much of what was going on: u201cNone of it seemed remarkable to me.u201d

Mark Meadows comparing the EU wanting better work on corruption to Trump wanting an investigation into Burisma/2016 isu2026something. Also a My Cousin Vinny reference why not.

Someone please title their book on impeachment u201cThis Is Like My Cousin Vinny."

Sondland says he has never heard the expression u201cplay ballu201d from anyone and that about sums up the quality of his testimony

Even I, a notorious sport hater, have heard this term.

Wow, Sondland says Fiona Hill was u201cshakingu201d days before leaving government, angry about her role in the administration and about Trump

Sondland explaining why they wanted Zelensky to send them his draft statement so they could run it by Rudy Giuliani is next level

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