Sondland is making it crystal clear that Trump's bribery scheme was no secret within the Department of State.
Given the people who have refused to testify, it should have been a no-brainer to the Congressional Republicans -- particularly if there was ANY behind-the-scenes discussions going on -- that this happened. So why in the hell did they take such a lamebrained strategy of casting doubt on the proceedings and attacking the credibility of the witnesses?
The Republicans have been played by Schiff and Pelosi like the fools they are. Their best strategy from the get-go would have been to acknowledge what Trump did and instead spend their collective efforts trying to convince folks that while it was wrong, it doesn't rise to the level of being impeached and removed from office.
Why didn't they take this common sense approach? It's because our batsh*t crazy President gets angry at anyone who questions his 'perfect' call (as if there wasn't mountains of evidence that it was far from a call, it was the State Department's policy per Trump.
Given the people who have refused to testify, it should have been a no-brainer to the Congressional Republicans -- particularly if there was ANY behind-the-scenes discussions going on -- that this happened. So why in the hell did they take such a lamebrained strategy of casting doubt on the proceedings and attacking the credibility of the witnesses?
The Republicans have been played by Schiff and Pelosi like the fools they are. Their best strategy from the get-go would have been to acknowledge what Trump did and instead spend their collective efforts trying to convince folks that while it was wrong, it doesn't rise to the level of being impeached and removed from office.
Why didn't they take this common sense approach? It's because our batsh*t crazy President gets angry at anyone who questions his 'perfect' call (as if there wasn't mountains of evidence that it was far from a call, it was the State Department's policy per Trump.