READ: Sondland’s Explosive Opening Statement Kicks Off Damning Day For Trump

U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland arrives for a closed session before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees October 28, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Sondl... U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland arrives for a closed session before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees October 28, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Sondland returned to give additional testimony in the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland will show up armed with new evidence, planning to hammer home the idea that the Ukraine pressure campaign was carried out completely on President Donald Trump’s orders, according to his opening statement.

“Secretary Perry, Ambassador Volker and I worked with Mr. Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine matters at the express direction of the President of the United States,” he plans to say of the so-called “three amigos.”

He added that though they didn’t like working with Giuliani, they realized that there was no other option. “We all understood that if we refused to work with Mr. Giuliani, we would lose an important opportunity to cement relations between the United States and Ukraine,” he will say. “So we followed the President’s orders”

“Mr. Giuliani was expressing the desires of the President of the United States and we knew that these investigations were important to the President,” he added, tying Trump intrinsically to the sham investigation of the Bidens.

“As a presidential appointee, I followed the directions of the President. We worked with Mr. Giuliani because the President directed us to do so,” he plans to say.

Read his opening remarks here:

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  1. Avatar for dave48 dave48 says:

    Everyone prepare for the tweetstorm. Forecasters predict a category 5.

  2. Underbusses White House and State Dept right at the start, for denying himself access to notes, emails, memos and other documents. Which all could have helped his memory be better (snicker).

    Today is not going to end well for Herr Ubertweeter

  3. Sondland looks a kindergartner who just wet his pants.

  4. Can’t wait to watch this fucking loser spill his guts. maybe he can make fun of Vindman’s uniform or come up with some new Latin phrases to dupe the rubes. Trump sure knows how to pick em. This guy has a pasta spine and the least Trump could have found one a bit more al dente.

  5. Where will the Republican senators be hiding today? They’re so very busy–can’t be bothered to consider this or any other aspect of the hearings.

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