Trump and the Giant Impeachment. Trump thread 97

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With credit to Stephen Colbert (and Roald Dahl) for the title.

Vote taken, public House hearings to begin. Here we gooooooo!!!

Sondland says everyone was in the loop. But as usual Trump has covered his back by not being directly quotable.

Will be interesting to see where the Republicans take this - Nunes looks a bit green around the gills to me.

They are trying to hammer Biden as usual.

So chances of Sondland being fired by tweet today and having his name spelt incorrectly in that tweet?

So all Nunes does is reframe GOP lies and conspiracy theories as 'facts' and add "Did you know that?" It's not about questioning at all, it's about getting their lies out there. It's so frustrating.

Ken Starr:

“There is now proof that the President (Trump) committed the crime of bribery...This has been one of those bombshell days.”

He's confirming Schiff's view in the quotation but looks like he's not correcting it ...

But as usual Trump has covered his back by not being directly quotable.

You are so right, NorthWest. I think in order to get the 'from the horses' mouth' testimony they're going to have to get Rudy on the stand. And he's already let it be known that he'd refuse to appear. I'm wondering if the Intel Cmte would be willing to try an broker a 'deal' with the SDNY in order to get him to testify. Rudy ain't givin' up somethin' for nothin'. They'll have to 'make him an offer he can't refuse'.

Except that...

"It doesn't look good for the president, substantively."

horse's, not horses'.

And so it begins...Trump just now on Sondland - "I don't know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man I know well"

Trump announcement to press before leaving the WH a short while ago.

'I don't take notes and I can't remember'

really? a person of his position?

Trump sounded very desperate in that shouting helicopter press thing

His notes are like an 8 year old would write

I didn't do it.

Sondland is caught between the devil and the deep blue ..,

But he put himself there.

Not much of a return for $1 million.

Rudy may need to revisit his decision not to testify.

Dear Lord -- are those real notes? I thought it must be a fakeup.

Decisions, decisions ...

edition.cnn.com/2019/11/20/politics/sondland-testimony-quid-pro-quo/index.html

Here it is a bit clearer. Amazing that the POTUS has to write notes to remind himself he is innocent

edition.cnn.com/2019/09/26/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-ukraine-military-aid-sheets-pillows-fact-check/index.html

Multiple sources reporting Pompeo looking for an early exit strategy.

time.com/5732232/mike-pompeo-kansas-senate-run-state-exit/

Useful recap via the links here.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50493440#

This is worth watching--Maloney v. Sondland.

I watched that Maloney bit live... I have to say Sondland is not terribly likeable...