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WSJ: Sondland told the House that Trump's Ukraine pressure was a quid pro quo
thehill.com ^ | October 26, 2019 | Rachel Frazin

Posted on 10/26/2019 11:53:11 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

A lawyer for the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told The Wall Street Journal that Sondland told impeachment committee members that President Trump's dealings with Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo.

Sondland's lawyer, Robert Luskin, told the news outlet that Sondland revealed to House committees he thought that a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would only take place if the country agreed to investigate corruption allegations about his political rivals.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: impeachment; trump
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1 posted on 10/26/2019 11:53:11 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Gordon Sondland
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2 posted on 10/26/2019 11:56:33 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Something very big has just happened!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The Hill, as despicable a publication as exists anywhere in the world.


3 posted on 10/26/2019 11:56:39 PM PDT by Luke21
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he thought...
amounted to...

Conjecture is good enough for the Democrat Thug Party.


4 posted on 10/27/2019 12:02:56 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Luke21

But the leader of Ukraine said this is not so.

I say you didn’t rob me. You say didn’t rob me. Someone down the street says you did and the police belive him?


5 posted on 10/27/2019 12:04:14 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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To: Luke21

But the leader of Ukraine said this is not so.

I say you didn’t rob me. You say didn’t rob me. Someone down the street says you did and the police belive him?


6 posted on 10/27/2019 12:04:44 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

He thought? That’s enough?

These people are clamoring for a bloody Civil War.


7 posted on 10/27/2019 12:11:18 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: Luke21

The Hill is inconsistent at best. And as far as the excerpt goes, it seems only to be relaying info..

Check out the wiki link BF posted above. Sondland is a property guy. Ironic.


8 posted on 10/27/2019 12:11:48 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

That’s not what he said

In fact he denied the conversation with Taylor ever took place. Moreover his texts say otherwise


9 posted on 10/27/2019 12:11:50 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You’ve got to watch this writer. She’s a slick bitch. Trump never mentioned the Bidens in his transcript of his talk with Zelensky.

The WSJ is now populated with Never Trump haters. Readers should let the paper know that this crap has got to stop.


10 posted on 10/27/2019 12:12:07 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And the other party to the call said it was not a quid pro quo. Since when does the alleged victim’s statement not matter? Oh I know. Since the MSM wants to ignore it.

Bastards.


11 posted on 10/27/2019 12:15:42 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: Luke21

Maybe, but then we wouldn’t have John Solomon, and he broke the entire Spygate story wide open beginning with the unmasking irregularities. So, every cloud has its silver lining.

Thankk God for the Hill hiring John Solomon.


12 posted on 10/27/2019 12:17:13 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; Nifster

I agree the tabloids suck, but shouldn’t the focus be on Sondland — the reported complainer?


13 posted on 10/27/2019 12:17:30 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Fai Mao

Precisely. Nice analogy.


14 posted on 10/27/2019 12:17:44 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
So, they realized the dates the military aid was "on hold", didn't line up with the phone call, destrying the whole "whistle blower" scheme. So now they need another quid quo quo, so what can we say was being withheld? Hmm, I know! It was a MEETING! What a joke!
15 posted on 10/27/2019 12:18:53 AM PDT by ETCM
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The State Department is a hotbed of Communist treachery, sedition and Derp Stateness. It should be cleaned out from top to bottom.


16 posted on 10/27/2019 12:23:11 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: Gene Eric

You can bet that is one reason John Solomon left it.


17 posted on 10/27/2019 12:23:39 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

What did he say on cross exam?

Oh, I forgot - there was no cross exam - or discovery - or deposition.

An important fact is being deliberately concealed.

Foreign aid to several other countries was frozen at exactly the same time that aid to Ukraine was frozen.


18 posted on 10/27/2019 12:25:25 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So having 2nd hand assumptions now means evidence of guilt.

Okay.


19 posted on 10/27/2019 12:27:06 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

That is not true. He did mention them. It was in a different context and later in the conversation. But their names are referenced.


20 posted on 10/27/2019 12:47:35 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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