In their testimony today, Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison laid out a bumpy road ahead for Gordon Sondland, who is set to testify tomorrow. More highlights from the impeachment hearing:
Volker and Morrison laid out a bumpy road ahead for Sondland, who is set to testify Wednesday, in their testimony. The pair repeatedly took repeated shots at Sondland, distancing themselves from Trump's scheme, which he played a central role in, to withhold military aid for Ukraine until the country’s leaders publicly committed to investigating Trump’s political rivals.
Morrison said that while prepping for Vice President Mike Pence for a visit in Warsaw in September where he was set to meet with Zelensky, Sondland butted in to the prebriefing, a move which he said apparently ticked off then-national security adviser John Bolton. After numerous discussions with the former top Russia adviser to Trump, Morrison said he decided to “keep track” of what Sondland was doing and “didn’t always act” on issues the ambassador thought were important.
“I wouldn’t have called it a condition,” Volker repeated upon further questioning. “It’s a nuance I guess, but I viewed it as very helpful ... to get the date for the meeting.” Volker responded he’d only heard bribery discussed over the last week, to which Castor asserted, “It's the same common set of facts; it's just instead of quid pro quo now it's bribery.”
“I was not aware that Ambassador Sondland spoke with President Trump on July 26th, while Ambassador Taylor and I were visiting the conflict zone,” Volker said in his opening statement, likely looking to stave off questions about whether he knew about the call and neglected to mention it before.
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