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Taylor is a west point grad, a veteran, someone who has been selected by pompeo to serve. efforts to undermine him, to say, you know what, he is a never trumper. hes a bad guy. i think its very difficult. his testimony is going to have impact. and then i think the secondary argument on this one is that he wasnt on the call. but then you hear from others who were on the call, and you have others saying pretty much the same thing. so its just like the attack on the whistle-blower, that has been go...

Problem with the republican argument that this is a kind of deep state pact is that it would have had to have been a pact from all these big names, including career public servants, including members of the military with no motivation or reason to lie. they all seem to be telling pieces of the same story. >> thats right, brian. and whats so significant, i think today about the testimony of ambassador sondland is hes not one of these or a never trumper to use your politicals phrase. hes been supp...

The defendant is essentially wanting republicans to display this fierce loyalty. mitch mcconnell says if president trump gets impeached he will be acquitted. so you have republicans saying we are seeing all of this we still think we know it will end and it will end up with president trump still not -- >> a rope-a-dope senate trial, thats all true, thats all true. then they give the seen feld defense not that there is anything wrong with it. >> i love your word nimble. i dont think you nimble wou...

The military with no motivation or reason to lie. they all seem to be telling pieces of the same story. >> thats right, brian. and whats so significant, i think, today about the testimony of ambassador sondland is hes not one of these career patriots. >> thats right. >> hes not somebody that trump can say was from the deep state or a never trumper to use the presidents phrase. but hes a political appointee. he gave a ton of money to the trump campaign in 2016. hes been supporting the president. ...

Argument that this is a kind of deep state pact is that it would have had to have been a pact from all these big names, including career public servants, including members of the military with no motivation or reason to lie. they all seem to be telling pieces of the same story. >> thats right, brian. and whats so significant, i think today about the testimony of ambassador sondland is hes not one of these or a never trumper, to use your politicals phrase. hes been supporting the president. he wa...

Conways comments, it appears that the white house is now trying to chip away at gordon sondlands credibility, which would seem like a tough task, given the fact that he was a wealthy trump donor turned diplomat. heres kellyanne conway with me just a short time ago. >> how can the white house argue that there was no quid pro quo when sondland lays one out? >> is that sondland last week or this week? >> well, thats his updated testimony. >> now hes your favorite witness? >> is sondland a credible ...

Thats what ambassador sondland faced and decided to come clean. >> the other thing is his reputation. second part of that is what we just heard from jeff which is fascinating. he kept copious notes. >> thats right. ambassador taylor has also loomed large as a witness that potentially could be damaging to the president. he cant be painted as a never trumper or deep state operative. he was asked by secretary pompeo to take this job. >> he was recruited to do this. he was happy not being in governm...

Personally threatened by the president and the president, all he had to say about yovanovitch is the president of ukraine did not have kind things to say about her as well. >> in the transcript of the actual phone call, it was actually, if memory serves me correct, it was actually president trump who brought up yovanovitch. >> reporter: thats right. >> saying not great things about her. >> reporter: exactly. >> and saying she was going to go through some stuff, and im paraphrasing. i dont have t...

Serves me correct, is was actually president trump who brought up yovanovitch saying, you know, not great things about her and she was going to go through some stuff. im paraphrasing. >> reporter: thats right. >> his line has been, you know, that adam schiff is somehow going to doctor the transcripts. >> reporter: thats right. hes gone after adam schiff. weve seen that. he also is continuing this campaign against alexander vindman, the national security official, lieutenant colonel in the army, ...

Supporting president trump during the campaign. he clearly cant be described as a never trumper, why do you think sondland felt compelled to update his >> perjury. very simple. perjury. he was headed toward a perjury charge and probable conviction ending his career in jail. clearly he should have taken an ethics and a legal course somehow somewhere during the early days even before he became ambassador. he broke the law. he was perjured and had perjured himself before the committee and this is w...