MSNBC chief legal analyst Ari Melber details the line Amb. Gordon Sondland is straddling during his testimony, and says there is a "thin line" between viewing him as a witness, and viewing him as a co-conspirator. Aired on 11/20/19.
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Melber: Thin Line Between Sondland As Witness, Co-Conspirator | MSNBC
Sondland sounded like someone who’s desperately trying to avoid jail time. I love it 😊
To me he is proud of his he played he is willing to do anything for Trump when the coach asks you to bunt you bunt play your position now the coach is mad
@V Yeah…..” EXAMPLES” are effective !!👍
@Sun Wukung ikr….. Good chance of !!!
How many times are you going to comment
as everyone else in front of congress testifying. I just wish all trump followers would realize that!!:-)
Sondland sounded like someone who’s desperately trying to avoid jail time. I love it 😊
He’s afraid he may end up where Epstein was kept.
AntonyC83 Sondland saw the bus coming!!
Sondland was true! I’m glad about it. I thougt he take the 5th.
Songbird Sondland knew that his fate was in his own hands. And he had no intentions of going to prison for Traitor Trump.
@esj8341 – You’re on that other false narrative about Sondland repeating “No quid pro quo” under orders from tRump AFTER tRump had been busted on it. You’re talking about part of the cover up – yes, Sondland testified to that too.
@Gary Songer I can guess you’re probably was watching Fox News commentary voice over. Am I right??? Yay!!! I win!!!🥳
@James Jones
This exchange between Ohio Rep. Mike Turner and Sondland.
Turner: “Is that your testimony today,
Ambassador Sondland, that you have evidence that Donald Trump tied the investigations to the aid? Because I don’t think you’re saying that.”
Sondland: “I said repeatedly […] I was presuming.”
[After some more grilling, Congressman Turner asked again]
Turner: “Is it correct, nobody else on this planet told you that Donald Trump was tying this aid to the investigations? Because if your answer is yes, then the chairman’s wrong and the headline on CNN is wrong. No one this planet told you that President Trump was tying aid to investigations, yes or no?”
Sondland: “Yes.”
Turner: “So, you’ve really have no testimony today that ties President Trump to a scheme to withhold aid from Ukraine in exchange for these investigations?”
Sondland: “Other than my own presumption.”
Turner: “Which is nothing.”
Sondland is awesome!!!
I bet Sondland wants his 1 million dollars back
I bet Sondland wants the last three to four years back.
N Gup… He needs it for his legal fees
A trump* refund…how novel. Wonder if this could start a trend for all the people trump* has ripped off over the decades?
One million back plus interest!
@Denise Hall I think that he will consider the million dollars a bargain if he avoids prison.
Ken Starr says ‘it’s over’ for Trump: Everyone knows ‘the president in fact committed the crime of bribery’
UC Vibes I never fell asleep at a circus 🎪 before. 1st time. Dems, if you’re going to bore the sht out of us at least be a dear and bring Starbucks.
UC Vibes so you’re a Ken fan then?
@Computer User You’re a right wing nut job. Get back on your medication and stay away from social gatherings and public places.
Oh No! Ken Star says it’s over, my God that’s it Trump is finished, Hillary and Bill will be in the White House by the end of the week. What Ken Star says and a hand full of toilet paper will give you a really clean…….
Right now Trump is trying to figure out a way to distance himself from himself. Since he likes speaking in the 3rd person so much, he can claim that he doesn’t know that Donald J. Trump, ” but I heard he’s a nice guy. I may have taken a picture with him.”😄
“ive never met president trump but i hear a lot of good things about how innocent he is and how totally not impeached he is!” djt January 2020
Another coffee boy. Rudy’s next.
David J brilliant witty comment. It should have more likes.
The guy decided to save his own hide.
No surprise there. He was largely left out to dry, if indeed he could not access pertinent info he needed in order to properly prepare.
And if you were in his place, you would do the same. Too many of Trump’s sycophants have been willing to fall on their swords for him. Why should they do time for his crimes?
it is expected!! now I wish the rest of Trump followers realize that everyone in front of the investigators is telling the truth:-)
It may not save his hide totally.
The outlaw “president” and his administration of outlaws will face a reckoning of their own making: you can’t escape who you are!
They have to get Ghuleiani in to testify. Even if they have to hold night time hearings. As Count Rudy can’t come out in the daylight.
I’MPEACH that’s the beauty of Trump retaining Guilliani as his personal lawyer. He doesn’t have to disclose anything…client protection & privilege.
zizimycat Not when it pertains to criminal behavior.
LMAO…
@zizimycat Giuliani is the next Epstein
Let me guess: The Bloated Tangerine has never heard of Sondland, doesn’t know who he is. 🙄
Oh, yeah. Trump takes phone calls from private numbers in foreign countries from callers he can’t remember ever meeting. Sure.
The WH switchboard would never forward a caller all the way to the president unless he was on a pre-approved list. Another truly stupid lie.
Trump Remembers Sondland the million dollars he gave him, and they have a lot in common. They both in real estate, both billionaires, both blame other people to get off the hook for what they did, both like to think they’re deal makers. They get other people to do their dirty work and in Trumps case he has a supply of people that he uses so his hands don’t get dirty. Or easy to prove his hands are dirty. Kinda sounds like a gangster boss.
@CShield I’m still here for ya sugar. When trump isn’t removed and is reelected your going to be heartbroken again. Also they keep deleting my comments.
Mark Haddox that’s funny I see your comment .
@Eva Roop I can’t see it’s comment. 🤷♀️
Thank goodness Sondland decided to look after himself and not trump – who had already publicly turned on Sondland!
@Obi Groyper Kenobi True, but Swalwell rightfully calls to mind the “if you see a man in a wet coat and with an umbrella, you’re gonna assume it’s raining outside” scenario. It does not have to be explicit, all the elements are there, ready to be assembled.
@knusern666 ……… the best that daytime soap operas have to offer come straight out of the most corrupt administration in American history. Apparently that’s what the Republicans get when they pick a mob boss to be their representative
um Sondland asked the prez a question, prez said I want nothing.. um let’s investigate
Obi Groyper Kenobi – yes he was very self serving and I hated his arrogance! Although Congressman Maloney managed to wipe off some of his arrogance off his face, when he told Sondland how unco-operative he’d been. I was just glad that he did confirm the quid pro quo – even though he lied that he was not originally aware of the QPQ. I agree with your comments.
Dunno why he’s flying back to Brussels. He’ll be tweet-fired by the morning.
😂🤣👍✊
maybe he’s planning on taking up permanent residence there
Or assassinated.
It’s real shame he’s missing the one sunny day we’ve had, in a month, in Portland.
Sondland sounded like someone who’s desperately trying to avoid jail time. I love it 3k. 🙂
The Republicans grasping at every conspiracy theory they can. Everything is so fake in the Bizzaro world of Trumptardia!
@Sam Houghton I am, in fact, completely non partisan.
@Chris H Then you are insane, extremely poorly informed, or a liar
@Sam Houghton None of the above. I’m just perhaps not as emotionally invested as you.
@Chris H sure 😉
Chris H ok.
Sondland know more than what he is saying he said enough today to cover himself but he still protecting trump
Very true!!!!
It’s probably very intimidating to speak truth about the president, it’s not the safest thing to do. Worried about losing your career and family members depending on you. And nobody wants to be known as a snitch. God Bless America and may the Truth be told.
I agree
Is Sondland getting his one million dollars back ?
LMAO. Hahahaha. It’s long gone into Trump’s pocket like all the other donations to the Campaign Fund. Trump A.K.A. The Shakedown Kid, will try for another few dollars before he fires him [just to keep his hand in].
I look forward to t’rump’s tweet that whoever hired Sondland should be fired immediately. 👍
That would be 1 million Washington’s, Can not tell a lie !
😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
Bottom line Trump had his private attorney to do his private deals using America’s money as leverage
@Donald Trump
I’m not wrong.
Goggle it.🌼
@Manuwela Boy
Once a conman, always a conman.🌼
Sorry you’re so guillable.
@Catherine NELSON Giuliani said he works for Trump for free.
yep he hates america he is an agent from cody of the banks… impeach
i’ll bet sondland regrets that million dollars he spent.
He’d spend $10M right now if that would help. It won’t, so he’s got to roll on someone else.
He’ll write it off against his taxes, if he hasen’t done so already.
guys like Sondland does mind donating that much money; he is part of the 1%!!:-)
Mr Sondland should watch his back after that testimony . He was brilliant in telling the truth this time around .