What Went Down During Gordon Sondland’s Testimony

It really is bizarre. “President Trump never told me directly that the aid was conditioned on the meetings.” Yet, Sondland has testified at multiple points today that it was his personal belief that that is why the aid was held up. That’s such an odd needle to thread, no?

“Trump never told me directly,” the aid was tied to the investigation, Sondland testifies. I can imagine that was communicated in code words or through Giuliani. That is not, in my view, exonerating to Trump.

Goldman is hammering that Taylor said Sondland told him that Trump himself wanted investigations for aid. Sondland replies, “President Trump never told me directly that the aid was conditioned on the meetings.”