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After he gave it. >> his story continues to change, and i think its got to decide this weekend about whether hes an american first or eric trump loyalist. im not sure that we can trust his testimony, given the fact that we know its already changed. speak about republicans insist sondland has been upfront since day one. >> mr. sondland was very clear when he gave his testimony to the committee in the deposition and his addendum fundamentally really didnt fundamentally change that. >> so while the...

Easily ambassador to the e.u., already changed his testimony once, amended it based on his memory was refreshed, read some other testimony and said that he needed to do that before he came. how do you think he will hold up as a witness on wednesday? >> we will see. what we know is what he said in his deposition, and that really did not change in the event he provided to his deposition testimony. he said there was no quid pro quo and that he should do the right thing, and the right thing is deal ...

Abreast of what the ukrainians were doing with regard to investigations or lack there of. is that true? >> all i know from ambassador sondland is what he testified during his deposition that i attended. i asked questions, heard his answers. he provided an addendum. i would have a follow-up question. he said that he had a presumption in his addendum. where did he get that from if the president of the united states firsthand information told you there was no quid pro quo and he didnt want anything...

Is the first place you pretend not to know things, right? you are not necessarily purgering yourself and denying. >> so here we go. the current president is veriy y l lit gous. he knows this. he may have lied to mueller, which is a separate felony. some people get convicted for it. and then second now hes saying he doesnt remember anything about somlin or talking to him. take a look. >> i know nothing about that. first time ive heard it. in any event it is more secondhand information, but i have...

Confirmed bill taylors testimony from last wednesday, which was that he overheard ambassador sondland and president trump discussing these investigations. they used crude language that was included in that opening statement as well. but in addition to that, gordon sondland during his initial testimony and deposition, did say the words i cannot recall very often. and then he had to amend his testimony before the transcript ended up being released. in that addendum he submitted to the house intell...

Been the most foert corthcoming witness. he actually had to include an addendum to his testimony after the fact to acknowledge a conversation that he had with a seen year u senior ukranian official during which he told that official that ukraine likely would not get the military aid unless it committed to these public investigations into joe biden and the crowdstrike server that the president was seeking. so i think that republicans will try to explo it what thit what his weaknesses. >> and a nu...

And it was in that part of the whistle-blowers complaint, in the classified addendum that the whistle-blower mentioned in addition to his or her other claims about the presidents behavior -- holy toledo -- it looks like in addition to the president soliciting ukraine to give him help against joe biden, it also looks like the president was holding up aid to ukraine while he applied that pressure on them. this is from the classified annex of the whistle-blowers complaint. quote, on 18 july an offi...

Cites multiple u.s. officials as the source for his whistle-blower claim. ive received information from multiple u.s. government officials and in fact multiple u.s. officials confirmed that it happened. and then the president confessed that he did it, and so now were having a big impeachment. everybodys invited. but you might also remember that the whistle-blower had this complaint that laid out that basic allegation that we saw in supporting information around it, described what happened in the...

Supporting information around it, described what happened in the phone call with the ukrainian president and all that other stuff. but the whistle-blower also attached to his or her complaint a classified addendum. this was a page and a half. it was described by the whistle-blower as classified. it was ultimately declassified so it could be released to the public. thats why we can see most of it, although there are still some redactions. and it was in that part of the whistle-blowers complaint, ...

President trump where president trump yet again asked about investigations, and then the information that weve been told is that after the call the aide asked ambassador sondland what did the president think of ukraine. and the president then said i think he cares more about investigating the bidens than ukraine. so that was new information yesterday. were looking forward to hearing from ambassador yovanovitch on tomorrow. >> so gordon sondland is scheduled to appear next week. he is someone who...