Annals of De-lying

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - MAY 02 : US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (R) chats with U.S Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland (L) at the 1st EU-U.S. Energy Council High-Level B2B Forum on LNG at the European Co... BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - MAY 02 : US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (R) chats with U.S Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland (L) at the 1st EU-U.S. Energy Council High-Level B2B Forum on LNG at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium on May 2, 2019. European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete (not seen) and Executive director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol (not seen) also attended the forum. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) MORE LESS

By Josh Marshall

November 6, 2019 11:36 a.m.

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On Sondland’s turnabout, we get this update from TPM Reader EWF …

I’ve written you occasionally in the past. I’ve practiced law for 35 years, with a concentration on representing lawyers on matters of professional responsibility. I also teach legal ethics at … Sondland’s affidavit, in which he says he now “recalls” the quid pro quo regarding withholding aid, looks to me like it was born of one or both of two legal sources.

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