Wow. Sondland has updated his testimony, and he's now confirming that he told Ukraine that it would not get its military aid unless it publicly committed to the investigations Trump wanted, NYT reports:
nytimes.com/2019/11/05/us/…
We're getting very close to fully confirming this:
nytimes.com/2019/11/05/us/…
We're getting very close to fully confirming this:
And there it is, the quid pro quo, straight from Sondland's mouth: 
It's worth going back to Sondland's original statement.
Note that his wording on the quid pro quo point is weaselly. He carefully says there was no QPQ for "assistance with the president's reelection campaign" rather than for "the statements Trump wanted." Gave him wiggle room:
Note that his wording on the quid pro quo point is weaselly. He carefully says there was no QPQ for "assistance with the president's reelection campaign" rather than for "the statements Trump wanted." Gave him wiggle room:
Just an amazing line. Sondland says he "understood that satisfying Mr. Giuliani was a condition for the White House visit."
Our entire foreign policy was handed over to Giuliani, who explicitly said in May that he was doing all of this because it would be "helpful to my client."
Our entire foreign policy was handed over to Giuliani, who explicitly said in May that he was doing all of this because it would be "helpful to my client."
