Democrats just can't win: Top aide to president Zelensky of Ukraine contradicts Sondland testimony (you know, the third time's a charm testimony)

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Peggy Noonan must be joking: It was Sondland's third try at truthful sworn testimony and it was completely believable

Gee, just forget then that he perjured himself on the first two attempts?

But NOW you believe him?

What a joke Peggy is. She fits right in.

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It was kind of the ballgame.

Sondland claims in testimony yesterday rejected by the Vice President, Energy Secretary and Secretary of State

NYT Nov 5, 2019: Sondland text message in early September to Taylor said president was clear there was no quid pro quo

A crucial witness in the impeachment inquiry reversed himself this week ...

That admission, included in a four-page sworn statement released on Tuesday, directly contradicted his testimony to investigators last month, when he said he “never” thought there was any precondition on the aid. ...

Mr. Sondland had said in a text message exchange in early September with William B. Taylor Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine, that the president had been clear there was no quid pro quo between the aid and investigations of the Bidens. But Mr. Sondland testified last month that he was only repeating what Mr. Trump had told him, leaving open the question of whether he believed the president. ...

“I presumed that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anticorruption statement,” Mr. Sondland said.

In his closed-door interview last month, Mr. Sondland portrayed himself as a well-meaning and at times unwitting player who was trying to conduct American foreign policy with Ukraine with the full backing of the State Department while Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s lawyer, repeatedly inserted himself at the behest of the president. He also said repeatedly that he could not remember things, including details about the Sept. 1 meeting, according to the 375-page transcript of his testimony.

“And you had never thought there was a precondition to the aid?” one of the Republican investigators asked Mr. Sondland. “Is that correct?”

“Never,” Mr. Sondland said, adding that he “was dismayed when it was held up, but I didn’t know why.”

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Sondland didn't introduce anything in evidence except speculation: "I presumed it" he said

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And AP Obama deletes its lying tweet about Sondland and Trump, after all the damage is done

Sondland opens with quid pro quo today but keeps putting daylight between quid pro quo and Trump

AP Obama tweets bald-faced lie about what Sondland testified Trump told him

Ukraine Foreign Minister denied a week ago that Sondland linked aid to opening an investigation of Biden

“Ambassador Sondland did not tell us, and certainly did not tell me, about a connection between the assistance and the investigations. You should ask him,” Prystaiko said about Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. ... “I have never seen a direct relationship between investigations and security assistance,” Prystaiko was quoted as saying by Interfax. “Yes, the investigations were mentioned, you know, in the conversation of the presidents. But there was no clear connection between these events.” 

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Has Sondland been drinking this morning, too?