Adam Schiff gets standing ovation from gallery for closing statement ImpeachmentHearing
His voice rising, Schiff pushed back on Republican defenses of the president, particularly on their claim that he did nothing wrong because in the end, Ukraine got U.S. aid.
“I did not hear directly from President Trump that the aid would be held up until the statement was made,” he said. He said that it was he who “came to believe” that aid was being held up until such an announcement was made. Trump made brief remarks to reporters, his notes visible to cameras. On them, he had written notes, “I want nothing. I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo.”The House impeachment inquiry continued on Wednesday with a star witness — Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union who, in his opening statement, largely fulfilled the media buildup: He turned on Donald Trump, in that he confirmed that there was indeed a “quid pro quo.
While he was explicit that a meeting between Trump and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was conditioned on Ukraine announcing investigations, the linkage of U.S. security aide to such probes “was my own personal guess.” But Trump’s defenders are likely to spend much of the day trying to poke holes in Sondland’s testimony. The Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have been solidly loyal to the president in their public pronouncements, blasting the hearings as a circus, even minimizing their impact with a Trump-esque claim of low ratings. Rep.
There are a moment of humor when Sondland was asked about a July 26 phone call that he made with Trump. In the call, Sondland all but confirmed that he told the president that Zelensky “loves your ass.”
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