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Gordon Sondland's hearing has officially ended.

Here are all the highlights from the explosive testimony👇
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In his opening statement, Gordon Sondland testified there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine and "everyone was in the loop"

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Sondland confirmed that his talk with Trump from a cell phone on a restaurant terrace in Kyiv was held on an open line—and that Trump “was aware it was an open line as well.”

The acknowledgment raises fresh questions about Trump’s security practices
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As Sondland was testifying today, Trump downplayed his interactions with the ambassador.

"I don’t know him very well. I have not spoken to him much," Trump told reporters. "This is not a man I know well. He seems like a nice guy though"
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Adam Schiff argued that Trump conditioned an official act — a presidential visit and the release of financial aid — on “something of great value to the president, these political investigations”

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When Democratic Rep. Jim Himes pressed Sondland on why Secretary of State Mike Pompeo didn’t put an end to what some have called an “irregular channel” of foreign policy, the ambassador said he didn’t see himself as out of line

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Pompeo pushes back against Sondland in a statement today: "Gordon Sondland never told Secretary Pompeo that he believed the president was linking aid to investigations of political opponents. Any suggestion to the contrary is flat out false”

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