What Went Down During Gordon Sondland’s Testimony

And also, Nathaniel, it shows how a lot of this is coming down to hair-splitting and word-parsing. But the announcement and the investigations were functionally inseparable, as Perry said. If the investigations got announced, how could the Ukrainians back out?

Yeah, Nate, I think the lead story of the day has already been established — it’s Sondland’s opening statement.

Yeah, Perry, totally agree. That distinction might be important for Sondland, but I don’t see how it’s that important overall.