The WP story on Sondland's testimony contains a number of bombshells. Remember, Sondland was a point person for Trump's Ukrainian quid pro quo. washingtonpost.com/world/national…
He's reportedly going to confirm the first quid pro quo, saying he worked for "the 'deliverable' sought by Trump: a public statement from Ukraine that it would investigate [Biden]. In exchange...the president would grant Ukraine’s new president a coveted WH audience."
He is also reportedly going to suggest military aid may have been part of the quid pro quo. "Sondland will hold out the possibility that Trump wasn’t truthful in his denial of a 'quid pro quo' as well as an alternative scenario in which the president’s interest in the scheme
soured at a time when his administration faced mounting scrutiny over why it was withholding about $400 million in security assistance to Ukraine and delaying a leader-level visit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky."
Finally, he'll reportedly acknowledge his response to a career diplomat that there was no "quid pro quo" was simply quoting Trump based on his call with him. "Sondland plans to tell lawmakers he has no knowledge of whether the president was telling him the truth at that moment."
Remember, the Trump administration is still refusing to release Sondland's texts and other docs. So if this is what he is planning to testify to, what else is in those docs that the WH doesn't want us to see?
