You give a bunch of money, then you lie?
So he’s not lying THIS time.
FOAD Big Media, as always!
Sondland will get caught and get strung up. He has no idea on what he is dealing with. I am just as comfortable executing Republicans as well as Democrats for treason.
Problem with this false reporting it the transcript is an “experpt” not a actual full account of what he said. It also not under oath hearsay. There was no cross exhamination under oath. Basically only the Democrat Fascist Party things you can change the testimony after the fact. They tried the same thing with the Muller Clown show and the Kaughaugh circus.
I presumed that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anticorruption statement, Mr. Sondland said.
His own personal “presumption” is NOT “clear quid pro quo”
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20191105_-_sondland_transcript_excerpts_final.pdf
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20191105_-_volker_transcript_excerpts_final.pdf
Notice the titles Transcript Excerpts
He probably did not say probes "that would benefit Trump politically". Probably said "probes into corruption", or some such thing. The phrase used in the article is probably fake news.
“...in which the aid was contingent on a public statement from Zelensky regarding launching probes that would benefit Trump politically. “
With what Sondland actually said
“...resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks, Sondland said.”
From the same article, and from consecutive sentences.
Normal diplomatic relations are all about quid pro quo, so there is nothing wrong with that. Note that he says the funds were withheld until Ukraine committed to investigating corruption. That is a completely acceptable condition. He does not say they were conditioned on investigating Hunter Biden.
Ok, so he testified one way, then he made a completely contradictory statement. In other words, he lied in his testimony, regardless of which version you accept.
Michael Flynn was financially ruined, and threatened with jail time for a much less significant lie.
No. He stated his presumption. That is not the same as he had fact based evidence. Also there is nothing wrong with the President putting conditions on the release or awarding of foreign aid provided the conditions are legal. Asking the Ukraine to meet treaty obligations is not against the law.
It seems MSM and Democrats do not know what a quid-pro-quo is. It is not for example offering what you have a right to offer in exchange for what you have a right to receive from someone who has the right to give it.
Telling a lawn service “I will pay you $45.00 to mow the grass if you also weed.” Is not quid-pro-quo.
Telling him “I will give you my oxy if you break into my neighbor’s house. If you say no I will say you stole the pills.”
CIA threaten to kill Sondland? Inquiring minds need to know.
That is TRUMP'S ARTICLE 2 RESPONSIBILITY!!!!!!!
This is NOT "Please dig up dirt on my opponent."!!!
Scooter Libby was unavailable for comment.
Was he under oath? Is he lying now or lying then. Lock him up for lying to Congress. You can do it Nunez.
“...a clear quid pro quo.”
So? Walk us through the steps again, Mr. Sondland, this time more slowly and distinctly.
Because I missed something there, between asking a favor of President Zelensky, to look into “Crowdstrike”, and how that was “interfering in the 2020 election”.
President Zelensky ALREADY was looking into Crowdstrike, and seemed to have hit pay dirt with Hunter and Joe Biden.
I now know why society in the past was so violent when it came to “politics”. America is inching to ugliness.
Joe Biden and his son Hunter are Not the only corruption in the Ukraine.
The media are not properly putting this into context, what else is new?
The Ukraine had major corruption at different levels in and out of government. The Ambassador was stating that probing the corruption, bribes, influence in the Ukraine would lead to confidence and stability between the our Nations.
Nothing was said about either Biden.
The media is making it seem like its all about the Bidens and getting dirt for 2020...........just not the case, its being slated because Schiff has NOTHING!