House Dems say their impeachment inquiry just got a huge boost
Republicans, meanwhile, seized on Sondland’s acknowledgment that he never heard directly from Trump to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine. The GOP has tried to paint some of the most explosive testimony as nothing but “hearsay” and “assumptions” made by witnesses in the probe.
But Sondland’s testimony is by far the most dramatic moment amid a two-week slog of public hearings, which has so far featured an array of credible witnesses who have confirmed many of Democrats’ allegations but hadn’t produced many bombshell moments. Rep. Jamie Raskin , a law professor, said it didn’t matter if Sondland never heard Trump directly say that a resumption in Ukrainian aid was linked to the Biden investigation.
Republicans have continually had to adjust their defense strategy, as new revelations have emerged in the public phase of the inquiry, which came after weeks of newsy closed-door depositions. "It does seem that Republicans know there is something really damning about this testimony," Rep. Pramila Jayapal , who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, said in an interview. "I feel like there are some tipping points here that are starting to happen. You never know what it's going to be that creates that moment.
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