Sondland Testified Trump Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo, His Lawyer Tells WSJ

[Third Party]

Sondland is a Donald Trump stooge who has been compelled to tell the truth under oath.

The truth is being excavated from the system as mountains of evidence emerge that Donald Trump was using the withholding of foreign aid to Ukraine as pressure to compel Ukraine to open an investigation into Biden and into 2016 election interference by Ukrainians.

Donald Trump is becoming more isolated every day as the Democrats are discovering more information with each subpoenaed witness. In fact, the Democrats are demonstrating how to perm investigations to the Republicans who got their anuses booted three times by Hillary Clinton and others when they held the House and Republican clowns were the interrogators in inquiries.

Impeachment of Donald Trump is becoming more certain every day with each new fact and revelation.

The GOP will be slaughtered in the elections for their incompetence and complicity with Trump's crimes.

WSJ: Sondland told the House that Trump's Ukraine pressure was a quid pro quo

WSJ: Sondland told the House that Trump's Ukraine pressure was a quid pro quo
BY RACHEL FRAZIN - 10/26/19 09:12 PM EDT 2,835

A lawyer for the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told The Wall Street Journal that Sondland told impeachment committee members that President Trump's dealings with Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo.

Sondland's lawyer, Robert Luskin, told the news outlet that Sondland revealed to House committees he thought that a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would only take place if the country agreed to investigate corruption allegations about his political rivals.

Last month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) launched an impeachment inquiry into Trump's dealings with the Ukraine following a whistleblower complaint about a July 25 call with Zelensky.

When a lawmaker asked Sondland if he believed this arrangement was a quid pro quo, Sondland said he believed so, but warned that he was not a lawyer, Luskin told the newspaper.

The Journal's report follows text messages between Sondland and U.S. diplomat Bill Taylor that came out during the impeachment inquiry.

In the exchange, Taylor said "it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign."
"The president has been crystal clear no quid pro quo's of any kind," Sondland responded.

Taylor's subsequent testimony resulted in scrutiny on Sondland and some lawmakers have called for him to return and answer more questions.

Taylor testimony was similar. He told the House investigators that a meeting between Trump and Zelensky as well as security assistance for Ukraine was conditioned on the country's pursuit of investigations into whether Kiev interfered in the 2016 election and into unfounded corruption allegations against the Bidens.

Taylor also relayed that Sondland told a Ukrainian representative "the security assistance money would not come until President Zelensky committed to pursue the Burisma investigation.”

Luskin told The Journal that Sondland would probably return if he were asked to do so.
Trump has denied that there was a quid pro quo and blasted the impeachment inquiry as a "witch hunt."
However, a rough transcript of the July call released by the White House reveals that the president did ask Zelensky to look into the former vice president. Trump has also publicly asked Ukraine and China to investigate the democratic presidential candidate. ...

So the elections are already over. When will the new senators arrive?

The spaces formerly occupied by repugnant GOP senators are still being sanitized with industrial strength bio-hazard cleansers.

The GOP stench may take longer to clear.

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

 

[Denizen]

Sondland is a Donald Trump stooge who has been compelled to tell the truth under oath.

The truth is being excavated from the system as mountains of evidence emerge that Donald Trump was using the withholding of foreign aid to Ukraine as pressure to compel Ukraine to open an investigation into Biden and into 2016 election interference by Ukrainians.

Donald Trump is becoming more isolated every day as the Democrats are discovering more information with each subpoenaed witness. In fact, the Democrats are demonstrating how to perm investigations to the Republicans who got their anuses booted three times by Hillary Clinton and others when they held the House and Republican clowns were the interrogators in inquiries.

Impeachment of Donald Trump is becoming more certain every day with each new fact and revelation.

The GOP will be slaughtered in the elections for their incompetence and complicity with Trump's crimes.

WSJ: Sondland told the House that Trump's Ukraine pressure was a quid pro quo

So the elections are already over. When will the new senators arrive?

The spaces formerly occupied by repugnant GOP senators are still being sanitized with industrial strength bio-hazard cleansers.

The GOP stench may take longer to clear.

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

That bulge in your pocket every time Trump speaks is not a tax cut.

 

[Lesh]

Sondland is a Donald Trump stooge who has been compelled to tell the truth under oath.

The truth is being excavated from the system as mountains of evidence emerge that Donald Trump was using the withholding of foreign aid to Ukraine as pressure to compel Ukraine to open an investigation into Biden and into 2016 election interference by Ukrainians.

Donald Trump is becoming more isolated every day as the Democrats are discovering more information with each subpoenaed witness. In fact, the Democrats are demonstrating how to perm investigations to the Republicans who got their anuses booted three times by Hillary Clinton and others when they held the House and Republican clowns were the interrogators in inquiries.

Impeachment of Donald Trump is becoming more certain every day with each new fact and revelation.

The GOP will be slaughtered in the elections for their incompetence and complicity with Trump's crimes.

WSJ: Sondland told the House that Trump's Ukraine pressure was a quid pro quo

So the elections are already over. When will the new senators arrive?

The spaces formerly occupied by repugnant GOP senators are still being sanitized with industrial strength bio-hazard cleansers.

The GOP stench may take longer to clear.

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

You got some pretty shallow pockets then.

What did you get?

500 bucks? Spread over a year?

 

[Third Party]

So the elections are already over. When will the new senators arrive?

The spaces formerly occupied by repugnant GOP senators are still being sanitized with industrial strength bio-hazard cleansers.

The GOP stench may take longer to clear.

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

That bulge in your pocket every time Trump speaks is not a tax cut.

No, it's when I THINK about the tax cut!

 

[Third Party]

So the elections are already over. When will the new senators arrive?

The spaces formerly occupied by repugnant GOP senators are still being sanitized with industrial strength bio-hazard cleansers.

The GOP stench may take longer to clear.

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

You got some pretty shallow pockets then.

What did you get?

500 bucks? Spread over a year?

5000-what did you get? You realize the more you worked and earned, the greater the return, right? You did file didn't you?

 

[Intolerant]

Sondland is a Donald Trump stooge who has been compelled to tell the truth under oath.

The truth is being excavated from the system as mountains of evidence emerge that Donald Trump was using the withholding of foreign aid to Ukraine as pressure to compel Ukraine to open an investigation into Biden and into 2016 election interference by Ukrainians.

Donald Trump is becoming more isolated every day as the Democrats are discovering more information with each subpoenaed witness. In fact, the Democrats are demonstrating how to perm investigations to the Republicans who got their anuses booted three times by Hillary Clinton and others when they held the House and Republican clowns were the interrogators in inquiries.

Impeachment of Donald Trump is becoming more certain every day with each new fact and revelation.

The GOP will be slaughtered in the elections for their incompetence and complicity with Trump's crimes.

WSJ: Sondland told the House that Trump's Ukraine pressure was a quid pro quo

WSJ: Sondland told the House that Trump's Ukraine pressure was a quid pro quo
BY RACHEL FRAZIN - 10/26/19 09:12 PM EDT 2,835

A lawyer for the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told The Wall Street Journal that Sondland told impeachment committee members that President Trump's dealings with Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo.

Sondland's lawyer, Robert Luskin, told the news outlet that Sondland revealed to House committees he thought that a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would only take place if the country agreed to investigate corruption allegations about his political rivals.

Last month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) launched an impeachment inquiry into Trump's dealings with the Ukraine following a whistleblower complaint about a July 25 call with Zelensky.

When a lawmaker asked Sondland if he believed this arrangement was a quid pro quo, Sondland said he believed so, but warned that he was not a lawyer, Luskin told the newspaper.

The Journal's report follows text messages between Sondland and U.S. diplomat Bill Taylor that came out during the impeachment inquiry.

In the exchange, Taylor said "it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign."
"The president has been crystal clear no quid pro quo's of any kind," Sondland responded.

Taylor's subsequent testimony resulted in scrutiny on Sondland and some lawmakers have called for him to return and answer more questions.

Taylor testimony was similar. He told the House investigators that a meeting between Trump and Zelensky as well as security assistance for Ukraine was conditioned on the country's pursuit of investigations into whether Kiev interfered in the 2016 election and into unfounded corruption allegations against the Bidens.

Taylor also relayed that Sondland told a Ukrainian representative "the security assistance money would not come until President Zelensky committed to pursue the Burisma investigation.”

Luskin told The Journal that Sondland would probably return if he were asked to do so.
Trump has denied that there was a quid pro quo and blasted the impeachment inquiry as a "witch hunt."
However, a rough transcript of the July call released by the White House reveals that the president did ask Zelensky to look into the former vice president. Trump has also publicly asked Ukraine and China to investigate the democratic presidential candidate. ...

 

[Lesh]

The spaces formerly occupied by repugnant GOP senators are still being sanitized with industrial strength bio-hazard cleansers.

The GOP stench may take longer to clear.

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

You got some pretty shallow pockets then.

What did you get?

500 bucks? Spread over a year?

5000-what did you get? You realize the more you worked and earned, the greater the return, right? You did file didn't you?

So you make well over 6 figures?

Because folks making normal cash got 1/10 of what you got...unless they got a tax INCREASE...like millions did

 

[Denizen]

The spaces formerly occupied by repugnant GOP senators are still being sanitized with industrial strength bio-hazard cleansers.

The GOP stench may take longer to clear.

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

That bulge in your pocket every time Trump speaks is not a tax cut.

No, it's when I THINK about the tax cut!

You sexually fantasize about tax cuts?

You need to retract your statement "I THINK" because it will disqualify you from membership of the Trump howling mob.

 

[theHawk]

Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland believed the White House meeting sought by Ukraine President Zelensky depended on an agreement to open a Biden probe, according to his attorney.

U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told House lawmakers last week that President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to open an investigation into Joe Biden’s son before a White House meeting amounted to a quid pro quo, his lawyer told The Wall Street Journal.

Sondland believed Ukraine’s agreement to investigate Biden, his son and an unfounded conspiracy theory that Democrats manipulated the 2016 election was a condition for a sought-after White House meeting with Trump by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Journal.

Asked by a House committee lawmaker as part of the ongoing impeachment probe if the arrangement was a quid pro quo, Sondland responded that he wasn’t a lawyer but believed the answer was yes, his attorney Robert Luskin told the newspaper.

Sondland would likely return for further questioning if asked, Luskin told the Journal.

Sondland Testified Trump Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo, His Lawyer Tells WSJ

Sondland Told House Panels Trump’s Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo - WSJ

More bad news for Trump!

Hey dum-dum, it’s perfectly legal for the President to pressure a foreign power if he wants to. Who cares if he pressured Ukraine to investigate past corruption? Americans don’t have an issue with it, and it isn’t illegal in the slightest.

What we do have a problem with, is a President or Vice President using his power to bribe foreign officials in order to protect his own son from criminal charges.

Yes it is illegal, even if you don't want it to be.

And yet no libtard making that claim can back it up by citing actual federal law.

Just like the whole “collusion” hoax.

1. Campaign finance laws.
2. Bribery
3. Extortion.
4 Obstruction of justice.

Campaign finance laws? Be specific on the law and when the President violated it.

Bribery? That’s what creepy Joe did when he gave them $1 billion for dropping the investigation that would had implicated his son.

Extortion? The Ukraine already said there was no quid pro qou, much less “extortion”. When were they forced to do anything or pay money?

“Obstruction”. What a joke. Unless you can actually show where an investigator was unable to do their job.

You’ve provide no specifics, as usual. You may have well just said “collusion” while you’re at it. So, thanks for proving my point.

 

[Third Party]

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

You got some pretty shallow pockets then.

What did you get?

500 bucks? Spread over a year?

5000-what did you get? You realize the more you worked and earned, the greater the return, right? You did file didn't you?

So you make well over 6 figures?

Because folks making normal cash got 1/10 of what you got...unless they got a tax INCREASE...like millions did

I did-why are you so concerned and so bothered-it is damn well better than a tax increase. And if your state taxes you so much you lost money, you better elect different representatives.

 

[Third Party]

You are not biased against Republicans, are you? After the tax break you got?

A tax cut financed by increased Federal debt is an illusion.

The tax cut is in my pocket-not the pocket of some illegal alien!

That bulge in your pocket every time Trump speaks is not a tax cut.

No, it's when I THINK about the tax cut!

You sexually fantasize about tax cuts?

You need to retract your statement "I THINK" because it will disqualify you from membership of the Trump howling mob.

Didn't you get a tax cut? If not, you must not work. Slacker!

 

[Lesh]

I did-why are you so concerned and so bothered-it is damn well better than a tax increase. And if your state taxes you so much you lost money, you better elect different representatives.

I seriously doubt you make well over six figures (judging by your posts) so your "$5,000 tax cut" is kinda suspect.

In any case very few got that kind of tax cut. Most got $500 spread over the year in such a way that they didn't notice it.

Millions (Republican and Dem alike) like me got a $2500 or so tax INCREASE.

My state taxes didn't go up. THAT was the result of Trump's "tax cut".

 

[Third Party]

I did-why are you so concerned and so bothered-it is damn well better than a tax increase. And if your state taxes you so much you lost money, you better elect different representatives.

I seriously doubt you make well over six figures (judging by your posts) so your "$5,000 tax cut" is kinda suspect.

In any case very few got that kind of tax cut. Most got $500 spread over the year in such a way that they didn't notice it.

Millions (Republican and Dem alike) like me got a $2500 or so tax INCREASE.

My state taxes didn't go up. THAT was the result of Trump's "tax cut".

Last post directed to you:
My WIFE and I together made over 6 figures-nosey. You sound like you need to hire an accountant-if you lose money with a tax cut, you are doing SOMETHING wrong. If that many people got hurt, they will vote him out in 2020-obviously, I would be foolish to do so. And since you SUSPECT what I tell you, don't ask me anything more.

 

[BULLDOG]

Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland believed the White House meeting sought by Ukraine President Zelensky depended on an agreement to open a Biden probe, according to his attorney.

U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told House lawmakers last week that President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to open an investigation into Joe Biden’s son before a White House meeting amounted to a quid pro quo, his lawyer told The Wall Street Journal.

Sondland believed Ukraine’s agreement to investigate Biden, his son and an unfounded conspiracy theory that Democrats manipulated the 2016 election was a condition for a sought-after White House meeting with Trump by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Journal.

Asked by a House committee lawmaker as part of the ongoing impeachment probe if the arrangement was a quid pro quo, Sondland responded that he wasn’t a lawyer but believed the answer was yes, his attorney Robert Luskin told the newspaper.

Sondland would likely return for further questioning if asked, Luskin told the Journal.

Sondland Testified Trump Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo, His Lawyer Tells WSJ

Sondland Told House Panels Trump’s Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo - WSJ

More bad news for Trump!

Hey dum-dum, it’s perfectly legal for the President to pressure a foreign power if he wants to. Who cares if he pressured Ukraine to investigate past corruption? Americans don’t have an issue with it, and it isn’t illegal in the slightest.

What we do have a problem with, is a President or Vice President using his power to bribe foreign officials in order to protect his own son from criminal charges.

Yes it is illegal, even if you don't want it to be.

And yet no libtard making that claim can back it up by citing actual federal law.

Just like the whole “collusion” hoax.

1. Campaign finance laws.
2. Bribery
3. Extortion.
4 Obstruction of justice.

Campaign finance laws? Be specific on the law and when the President violated it.

Bribery? That’s what creepy Joe did when he gave them $1 billion for dropping the investigation that would had implicated his son.

Extortion? The Ukraine already said there was no quid pro qou, much less “extortion”. When were they forced to do anything or pay money?

“Obstruction”. What a joke. Unless you can actually show where an investigator was unable to do their job.

You’ve provide no specifics, as usual. You may have well just said “collusion” while you’re at it. So, thanks for proving my point.

And if you were the one assigned to make the ruling, your opinion might have some bearing.

 

[jc456]

I wonder why Sondland's lawyer is making this public at this time?

why's he lying?

 

[Lesh]

I did-why are you so concerned and so bothered-it is damn well better than a tax increase. And if your state taxes you so much you lost money, you better elect different representatives.

I seriously doubt you make well over six figures (judging by your posts) so your "$5,000 tax cut" is kinda suspect.

In any case very few got that kind of tax cut. Most got $500 spread over the year in such a way that they didn't notice it.

Millions (Republican and Dem alike) like me got a $2500 or so tax INCREASE.

My state taxes didn't go up. THAT was the result of Trump's "tax cut".

Last post directed to you:
My WIFE and I together made over 6 figures-nosey. You sound like you need to hire an accountant-if you lose money with a tax cut, you are doing SOMETHING wrong. If that many people got hurt, they will vote him out in 2020-obviously, I would be foolish to do so. And since you SUSPECT what I tell you, don't ask me anything more.

You sound like you need to hire an accountant-if you lose money with a tax cut

I have an accountant. Sorry but accountant or no...that "tax cut" RAISED taxes by a BUNCH for millions of Americans...and few got anywhere near what you did

But what do you care, right? You got yours

 

[Lakhota]

White House Official Who Listened To Trump Call Repeatedly Passed Concerns To Superior

Should be an interesting day...

 

[Third Party]

I did-why are you so concerned and so bothered-it is damn well better than a tax increase. And if your state taxes you so much you lost money, you better elect different representatives.

I seriously doubt you make well over six figures (judging by your posts) so your "$5,000 tax cut" is kinda suspect.

In any case very few got that kind of tax cut. Most got $500 spread over the year in such a way that they didn't notice it.

Millions (Republican and Dem alike) like me got a $2500 or so tax INCREASE.

My state taxes didn't go up. THAT was the result of Trump's "tax cut".

Last post directed to you:
My WIFE and I together made over 6 figures-nosey. You sound like you need to hire an accountant-if you lose money with a tax cut, you are doing SOMETHING wrong. If that many people got hurt, they will vote him out in 2020-obviously, I would be foolish to do so. And since you SUSPECT what I tell you, don't ask me anything more.

You sound like you need to hire an accountant-if you lose money with a tax cut

I have an accountant. Sorry but accountant or no...that "tax cut" RAISED taxes by a BUNCH for millions of Americans...and few got anywhere near what you did

But what do you care, right? You got yours

Yes, its called personal responsibility. You could have taken steps, but if you are too busy spouting hate... Look these posts are not worth it to you or me so I'll push the ignore button for both of us.

 

[Zorro!]

Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland believed the White House meeting sought by Ukraine President Zelensky depended on an agreement to open a Biden probe, according to his attorney.

U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told House lawmakers last week that President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to open an investigation into Joe Biden’s son before a White House meeting amounted to a quid pro quo, his lawyer told The Wall Street Journal.

Sondland believed Ukraine’s agreement to investigate Biden, his son and an unfounded conspiracy theory that Democrats manipulated the 2016 election was a condition for a sought-after White House meeting with Trump by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Journal.

Asked by a House committee lawmaker as part of the ongoing impeachment probe if the arrangement was a quid pro quo, Sondland responded that he wasn’t a lawyer but believed the answer was yes, his attorney Robert Luskin told the newspaper.

Sondland would likely return for further questioning if asked, Luskin told the Journal.

Sondland Testified Trump Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo, His Lawyer Tells WSJ

Sondland Told House Panels Trump’s Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo - WSJ

More bad news for Trump!

No one cares what he believed, there is only interest in what he KNEW!

TODAY IS THE DAY THAT DONALD TRUMP SETTLES ALL THE FAMILY BUSINESS: Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland Also Booted.

Flashback: Gordon Sondland’s ‘Bombshell’ Impeachment Testimony Was A Dud.

Sondland, who has already changed his testimony multiple times since sitting down behind closed doors for a private deposition, admitted to lawmakers Wednesday that his accusations of a clear quid pro quo were based entirely on assumptions about Trump and the president’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.

“Mr. Sondland, let’s be clear: no one on this planet—not Donald Trump, Rudy Guiliani, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo—no one told you aid was tied to political investigations, is that correct?” Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio asked.​

“That’s correct,” Sondland said.​

In fact, Sondland confirmed to the committee that Trump explicitly told Sondland that Trump did not want a quid pro quo on anything regarding Ukraine.

“I want nothing. I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo,” Sondland says Trump told Sondland.​

Sondland’s appearance on Capitol Hill also gave credence to a potential congressional investigation of the Biden family’s shade business dealings with Ukraine.

Hunter Biden served on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company known to be highly corrupt, making $50,000 a month while his father, Joe Biden, served as vice president at the time and controlled U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

When pressed on whether the situation appeared to be a conflict of interest by Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, Sondland agreed.

“Clearly it’s an appearance of a conflict of interest,” Sondland told the committee.

You think?

 

[Oddball]

Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland believed the White House meeting sought by Ukraine President Zelensky depended on an agreement to open a Biden probe, according to his attorney.

U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told House lawmakers last week that President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to open an investigation into Joe Biden’s son before a White House meeting amounted to a quid pro quo, his lawyer told The Wall Street Journal.

Sondland believed Ukraine’s agreement to investigate Biden, his son and an unfounded conspiracy theory that Democrats manipulated the 2016 election was a condition for a sought-after White House meeting with Trump by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to the Journal.

Asked by a House committee lawmaker as part of the ongoing impeachment probe if the arrangement was a quid pro quo, Sondland responded that he wasn’t a lawyer but believed the answer was yes, his attorney Robert Luskin told the newspaper.

Sondland would likely return for further questioning if asked, Luskin told the Journal.

Sondland Testified Trump Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo, His Lawyer Tells WSJ

Sondland Told House Panels Trump’s Ukraine Pressure Was Quid Pro Quo - WSJ

More bad news for Trump!

Nobody gives a ****.

Game over.....Deal with it.