i litigated cases for 20 years. i've never seen a process this rigged where the deck was stacked intentionally and the process was rigged to get a predetermined outcome. that's what we're going to see today. >> i understand what you're saying. let's go to ambassador sondland. clearly not a career diplomat, a political appointee. gave $1 million to the trump inaugural committee. he testified under oath but then submitted an addendum through his lawyer saying he wanted to clarify a position. his memory was refreshed in the course of learning what other witnesses were saying, and he then said this. i now recall speaking individually with mr. yermak where i said that resumption of u.s. aid would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks. that anti-corruption statement referring to the bidens and the 2016 democrats in the presidential election.