Rebecca Kaplan

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This is why Sondland is such a wildcard witness. GOP will highlight his testimony that he never heard Trump say there was an aid-investigations link. Dems will say this sentence shows that Trump wasn't just really concerned about corruption in Ukraine, as Republicans have argued. — PolitiTweet.org

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Expect this line from Sondland to be front and center of the GOP defense: "I never heard from President Trump that aid was conditioned on the announcement of investigations." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LisaDNews: So what Dems just did there was. - Showed Volker text telling Ukrainians to get meeting they wanted, they needed to convinc… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @margbrennan: Just a few weeks ago.... https://t.co/SztnFDtE29 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @edokeefe: The little-known Florida Mayor is ending his presidential bid, a campaign that didn’t resonate widely or raise much money. Th… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sondland on what he knew: "The only thing I heard from Mr. Giuliani...was that [the investigations] had to be announced." And publicly, he says. He adds that he presumed Trump communicated that to Giuliani. — PolitiTweet.org

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More Sondland, on reports he told Trump that Zelensky "loves your ass." "Sounds like something I would say," Sondland said. "That's how President Trump and I communicate." — PolitiTweet.org

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Sondland says his memory of the 7/26 call with Trump about investigations was triggered by Holmes' reference to...A$AP Rocky. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sondland testifies that when Taylor raised concerns about the aid hold up, he wrote back that the president said in a call he wanted "no quid pro quo" from Ukraine not to defend Trump, but to simply relay the message and say that's as much of an answer as he would get. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @weijia: Exclusive: Our sharp @CBSNews photographer captured a good spirited Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman returning to work after testifyi… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s that request —> https://t.co/eHAjlELaR1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Nunes says Republicans are making a formal request to subpoena Hunter Biden and the whistleblower who raised concerns about the 7/25 Trump-Zelensky call, a request that will all but certainly be rejected by Democrats. — PolitiTweet.org

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In his opening statement, Sondland actually blames his somewhat notable memory lapses on the State Department's failure to allow him access to notes and records he says would have refreshed his recollections. — PolitiTweet.org

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At the close of his opening statement, @RepAdamSchiff offers a warning to Pompeo and Trump for ignoring subpoenas: "They do so at their own peril." Notes that Article III of the Nixon impeachment articles was about defying subpoenas from Congress. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Olivia_Gazis: Read Sondland’s full opening statement here: https://t.co/1SnfG3c7Wk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Olivia_Gazis: NEW: Sondland to say he and others worked with Giuliani to pressure Ukraine to announce investigations for a WH meeting "… — PolitiTweet.org

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Happening at 9 AM: Amb. Gordon Sondland, who revised his closed-door testimony to say he did believe there was a quid pro quo between military aid and investigations into Burisma and Biden, testifies publicly before @HouseIntel at 9 am. Follow along on @CBSNews and @CBSNLive. — PolitiTweet.org

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The fourth public hearing in the impeachment inquiry. — PolitiTweet.org

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By a vote of 231-192, the House has voted to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government through 12/20. The bill now heads to the Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Drew_Hammill "...The President’s desperate attacks aside, this issue is totally separate from the ongoing impeachment inquiry.” (2/2) House Dems met with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka this morning to talk about the deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Drew_Hammill responds to Trump claiming Pelosi is holding up USMCA to whip impeachment: “As the President well knows, the Speaker has been working diligently with his Trade Representative to advance Democrats further down a path to yes on the USMCA..." (1/2) — PolitiTweet.org

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"Not a single witness called it bribery," @RepRatcliffe says of quid pro quo allegations -- Democrats have shifted to calling what Trump asked for "bribery" in recent days rather than using the term "quid pro quo." — PolitiTweet.org

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.@jahimes sounding indignant about questions over Ukrainian's offer to make Lt. Col. Vindman their defense minister: "That may have come cloaked in a Brooks Brothers suit and parliamentary language," but it was designed to give right-wing media an opening to question his loyalty. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @weijia: Williams just testified about this tweet, saying, “I was certainly surprised. I was not expecting to be called out by name.” Sh… — PolitiTweet.org

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For the second time during this hearing, Republicans have tried to get Lt. Col. Vindman to reveal the second unnamed person he spoke with about the 7/25 call, suggesting it was the whistleblower. @RepAdamSchiff has shut down lines of questioning he says could lead to that name. — PolitiTweet.org

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Possibly first joke of the entire public hearing portion? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @stevenportnoy: Both Williams and Vindman say they recall a specific reference to "Burisma" on the July 25th call, though that wasn't in… — PolitiTweet.org

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Vindman closes by recalling his birthplace: "In Russia, my act of expressing my concerns to the chain of command in an official and private channel would have severe personal and professional repercussions...public testimony involving the President would surely cost me my life. — PolitiTweet.org

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Watch for Republicans to challenge this assertion - that he stayed within the chain of command to report his concerns. — PolitiTweet.org

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Vindman: "When I reported my concerns -- on July 10, relating to Ambassador Sondland, and on July 25, relating to the President -- I did so out of a sense of duty. I privately reported my concerns, in official channels, to the proper authorities in the chain of command." — PolitiTweet.org