I obtained a copy of David Holmes' opening statement, saying that he heard Trump telling Gordon Sondland: "So, he's gonna do the investigation?" Sondland tells Trump: "He's gonna do it" and that Zelensky will do "anything you ask for."
Sondland responded Trump only cares about “big stuff.” When Holmes said that the Ukraine war was big, Sondland responded “‘big stuff’ that benefits the President, like the Biden investigation that Mr. Giuliani was pushing,” Holmes said.
His “phone was not on speakerphone, I could hear the President’s voice through the earpiece of the phone. The President’s voice was very loud and recognizable, and Ambassador Sondland held the phone away from his ear for a period of time, presumably because of the loud volume.”
Sondland told Trump that Zelensky 'loves your ass,'" Holmes said, according to a copy of his opening statement obtained by CNN. "I then heard President Trump ask, 'So, he's gonna do the investigation?'” cnn.com/2019/11/15/pol…
Here’s the 10-page statement: cnn.com/2019/11/15/pol…
Bolton indicated at the meeting that the lifting of the aid would hang on whether Zelensky was able to "favorably impress" Trump, when they were scheduled to meet in Warsaw in September. cnn.com/2019/11/15/pol…
Testimony undercuts key WH defense: That Trump was just concerned about corruption in Ukraine. After talking with Trump, Holmes asked if it was true that Trump didn’t give a “shit” about Ukraine; Sondland responded that Trump only cared about the “big stuff:” probe into Bidens
“Dammit Rudy,” Sondland said, according to Holmes. “Every time Rudy gets involved he goes and fucks everything up.” cnn.com/2019/11/15/pol…
