Sondland in prepared testimony says on May 23 Trump directed him, Rick Perry & Volker to talk to Giuliani about his “concerns” about Ukraine 
“It was apparent to all of us that the key to changing the President’s mind on Ukraine was Mr. Giuliani.” assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6486…
Sondland: Perry, Volker & I were “disappointed” by May 23 WH debriefing. .disappointed by the President’s direction that we involve Giuliani
Sondland: I did not understand until much later that Giuliani’s agenda might have included effort to prompt the Ukrainians
“to investigate Vice President Biden or his son or to involve Ukrainians, directly or indirectly,in the President’s 2020 reelection campaign
Sondland does not mention in prepared testimony what he bragged abt in July 26 interview, that he talked to Trump before July 25 call
He also claims NSC never shared misgivings abt his activities w him, & to have been unaware demanded investigations meant to target Bidens
Sondland references brief call w/Trump b4 he went to 7/26 Volker meeting in Ukraine w/Zelensky, but said did not go into substance of call
(that sticks out to me that he is trying to downplay this call w/Trump. He bragged in 7/26 interview abt speaking w Trump day before
Why is Sondland trying to downplay the 7/25 call with Trump, that he bragged about here. 1 minute mark
Sondland 7/26: “Absolutely. I actually spoke with Pres. Trump just a few minutes before he placed the call.”
Sondland test.chronology goes from 7/25 call/ 7/26 UKR meetings to Sept. 25 UNGA when Trump met Zelensky. skips some interesting texts
read this on what he thought the “deliverable” was. seems unconvincing
Sondland on Giuliani: met him once in 2016, talked to him maybe 2-3 times, first time in August 2019
Sondland: Giuliani specifically mentioned the 2016 election (inc.the DNC server) &Burisma as 2 anti-corruption.. topics important for Trump
Sondland: “to best of my knowledge, [Giuliani] is 1of the president’s personal lawyers..the President directed Mr. Giuliani’s participation”
