Was there a quid pro quo? With regard to the requested White House call
and the White House meeting, the answer is yes. Mr Giuliani conveyed to secretary Perry,
ambassador Volker and others that president Trump wanted a public statement
from president Zelenskiy committing to investigations of Burisma
and the 2016 election. Mr Giuliani’s requests were a quid pro quo
for arranging a White House visit for president Zelenskiy. Mr Giuliani was expressing the desires
of the president of the United States and we knew these investigations were
important to the president. I later came to believe that the resumption
of security aid would not occur until there was a public statement from Ukraine
committing to the investigations of the 2016 elections and by Burisma, as Mr Giuliani had demanded. Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret. The leadership of the state department, the
National Security Council and the White House were all informed about the Ukraine efforts. Ambassador Taylor says that you say
president Trump had told you that he wanted president Zelenskiy to state
publicly, as of 1st September. President Trump never told me directly that
the aid was conditioned on the meeting. I say to the ambassador, [my] response,
‘I want nothing. I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo.’ Tell Zelenskiy, president Zelenskiy to
do the right thing. This is the final word from the president
of the United States. I want nothing. Now, my colleagues seem to think that unless
the president says the magic words, ‘I hereby bribe the Ukrainians’, that there’s
no evidence of bribery or other high crimes of misdemeanors. The question is not what the president meant,
the question is not whether he was responsible for holding up the aid, he was. The question is not whether
everybody knew it, apparently they did. The question is, what are we prepared
to do about it? Is there any accountability? Or are we forced
to conclude that this is just now the world that we live in? Getting caught is no defence. Not to a violation of the constitution or
to a violation of his oath of office and it certainly doesn’t give us reason
to ignore our own oath of office. We are adjourned.
Janet McGibney says:
The world is watching!
Box Lane Productions says:
he said – trump said I don't want any quid pro quo to him, in case it's left out of this 'guardian' video
czgibson says:
What you have to remember is Trump is the best at looking guilty. He can look guilty in so many ways it would make your head spin. A lot of people are saying this is a level of guiltiness they have never seen before!
Rich Winder says:
There once was an Orange Tinted Criminal,
who thought he was invincible,
and with a shitstorm of tweet,
he could make it all sweet,
for those who's IQ is minimal.
Fishie Fishie says:
trump is going to give him self a heart attack . Oooo wait trump Has No Heart .
Lode Verpoorten says:
This is what many people would call poor journalism.
Manchester Is Red says:
More lies from the corrupt, treacherous left…Trump 2020 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sean Donoghue says:
Explosive… except for the bit where Sondland said The President told him "I want nothing. I dont want a Quid pro quo. I just want him to do what he has been elected for"
case closed.
Wili Wds says:
THE DEMOCRATS CAUGHT RED HANDED STEALING AMERICAN'S TAXES
Wili Wds says:
THE DEMOCRATS ARE LEADERLESS DIRECTIONLESS AND IN A TOTAL SHAMBLES
Wili Wds says:
SCHIFF CAUGHT OUT TRYING TO GET DIRT ON TRUMP FROM TWO RUSSIAN COMEDIANS
Wili Wds says:
BIDEN'S ARE CORRUPT TO THE CORE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT
Wili Wds says:
THE SWAMP CREATURE DEMOCRATS ARE IN A DESPERATE PANIC
Wili Wds says:
MORE WASTING OF AMERICAN TAXES ON A CHEAP MAGAZINE STYLE GOSSIP SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Erik Cnating says:
This wasn't balanced reporting. They only showed the Democrats' questions.
Wili Wds says:
MEANWHILE IN CALIFORNIA PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS ON THE STREETS URINATING AND POOPING ON THE STREETS WHERE THEY LIVE
THAT'S DANGEROUS FOR KIDS TO BE AROUND THESE AREAS
Yorkshireborn says:
People do realize this is just a stunt in the hope of destroying trumps election chances, they won't impeach him successfully, its not what Americans do, Even Nixon wasn't impeached, he just resigned and then pardoned of all crimes by ford. im not an American historian but i dont think not one American president has been successfully impeached to date. Their elite are just like all elites all over the world, they cover each others backs in the end, specially when it comes to scandalizing their top office of president. They just never follow through..
The Dog Runner says:
If you still can't see that this whole thing is a sham, then you are lazy, and not looking very hard.
iRaps1 says:
Trump is going down. The Senators will not be complicit in this.
Louie Marinda Jr. says:
Trump 3 months ago : Amb Sondland is a wonderful person.. he’s doing a Great Job
Trump Today : Who the heck is this Bald Guy
Peter Pan says:
Does Trump informing the nation that he was also lying to Sconland after it is proven that he has been lying to the entire country actual mean something?
manny dos santos says:
Let’s see how the US politics works: the President digs unconventionally into corruption and gets the impeachment treatment. The corruptors involved become protected and exonerated, all this while parts of the US turn into Third World cities. I hope the 2020 election sorts this out.
Nathan says:
Is nobody really going to comment on Trump's notes at 2:09? The leader of the US, the most powerful man in the world couldn't memorize (or formulate something better than) THAT?
John sweda says:
There's no more third accounts these are people have been there and heard what's been said and trump is guilty no way of getting away from that of course the Republicans and the White house will spend it like anything Fox News as well disgusting organisation
Wili Wds says:
" WEEKEND AT BERNIES 3 "
COMING OUT SOON
STARING SANDERS HIMSELF AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO SAY A WORD
Wili Wds says:
THE DEMOCRATS ARE LEADERLESS DIRECTIONLESS AND IN A TOTAL SHAMBLES
Wili Wds says:
BIDEN HAS BEEN EXPOSED FOR EMBEZZLING $3,000,000 MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH SNEAKILY TRANSFERRING MONEY AROUND EXPOSED BY GLEN BECK ON BLAZE TV YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Just facts says:
Sondland himself said Trump never told him a quid pro quo.
He presumed so. His own belief doesn't mean a damn thing.
Its assumption.
This farce is over.
Adrien Zozor says:
"explosive" until you watch his questioning by Jim Jordan … this is a complete joke.
xivxi xivxi says:
So Biden told on himself (because he’s a stupid, hair sniffing, corrupt old politician) and Trump wants the quid pro quo investigated … but the Dems and their media lackeys want to impeach Trump for investigating corruption in the previous administration?!! If Trump found dead hookers and heroin in Bidens house the Dems would want to arrest him for burglary.
goerge cantstandya says:
trump said no quid pro quo no quid pro quo
hater gater says:
When you take away political power from the left, they lash out. This is a pathetic show-trial
olero 1709 says:
Nuniz and Castors look at 1:35…is priceless
In Shape says:
I don’t know about this video. But, I do know that even WPost gave 3 Pinocchios for Schiff’s lies today. How can we trust a lier when he is telling us that someones is
lying? I watched straight both hearings today from 9am and until the second one ends.
martin francis says:
guardian lying again by cutting the video to make it look like he implicated trump…guardian just lying f…..s the same as us media
Roy Moore says:
The context of those statements tells the while story. Doesnt matter what word acrobatics & hypotheticals suggest, facts in the context of his words describe nothing that can impeach a president. Period
Riggs Murtaugh says:
Wow, I watched a lot of this live. This video is disturbingly misleading. Ask yourself this, why didn’t this video play the exchange between Solland and Schiff . You know, the quote Trump was reading? Go look it up right now. Im not even American, yikes The Guardian.
Edit: Punctuation, autocorrect
Frankie Lee says:
Trump wants a public statement from Zelensky, showing Trump is a transparent guy, had a transparent administration.
Peter Müller says:
If the testimony of Sondland not reaches the people of the US, this country will go down and give China and Russia the status quo.
Dave Mitton says:
WHAT A CHERRY PICKED VIDEO . . . . . . WHY DON'T YOU PLAY THE "MICHAEL TURNER" VIDEO WHICH DEBUNKED THIS ENTIRE "WHICH HUNT" !! THIS THING IS OVER.
Len Ldim says:
Democrats EXPOSED ITSELF Democrats defending quodproco, corruption and bribery of Joe Biden in the name of impeachment
m j says:
Sound bites are so dishonest
m j says:
The full thing was on last night
m j says:
Ireland with trump 2020
Dvid perez says:
Some people want to see a tape of trump saying all this. No other way they’ll see.
Daemon Nine says:
Okay, Democrats… you lost again. Go home and lick your little weiners and try again tomorrow. As for this round… it's over. But, we're all dying to see what you can concoct next. 🙂
blessedsauz says:
This is very misleading!!
Guardian News says:
Sondland's bombshell testimony blows holes in Trump's Ukraine defence ► https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/20/trump-impeachment-hearings-gordon-sondland-testimony
zed says:
No one :
The Guardian cameraman : Zooms on
Trump's notes
Trump's notes : "I want nothing"
"I want nothing"
"I want nothing"
"I want nothing"
"Kwi Pro Kwo" just say it like that
"I want nothing"
Gayatri Borpatra Gohain says:
@2:11 this is Disrespectful!… To the people of America!
I mean, you had to makes those 4th grader notes????
And handwriting.. Gawddd!!
As a bystander, I am embarrassed!
Lonnie Sanders says:
Love it Lmao look at the reaction of the republican faces !!! priceless
Mark Jamison says:
Sondland the punk
Mark Jamison says:
All this wasted time and money and the Democrats are going to lose big time
Murray Allinger says:
Total farce. Nothing but supposition on Sondland's part, which came out clearly under cross-examination. "Not 2+2=4, but 0-3."
st Zaa says:
First what qualifications does he even have besides being rich to be a EU Ambassador .Truly sad
phishinfool says:
Time to join together for a revolution! Lies lies and more lies this is a waste of money and are taxes are being wasted ! Time to go to DC !
phishinfool says:
Time to join together for a revolution! Lies lies and more lies this is a waste of money and are taxes are being wasted ! Time to go to DC ! Trump 20/20
Electrotech Lch says:
Oh…Trump the Drum..!
Captain Picard says:
Sondland said the quid pro quo was for arranging a White House visit. Democrats say the quid pro quo was for military aid to Ukraine. They need to get their lies straight.
bettybassman says:
Shifty Shiff is a Joke on so many levels as is this farce of a "hearing". lol
Dutchy says:
All Trump's roads lead to Vladimir Putin
Quid Pro Quo
Dutchy says:
All Trump's roads lead to Vladimir Putin
Moscow Agent Governing America
Quid Pro Quo
Jonathon Neville says:
Trump quoted Sondland quoting Trump "I want nothing". That was from a Sept 9 call, when Trump knew he was being investigated, so of course he said what he needed to appear innocent. In July, when Trump called Ukraine, it was different.
Jo says:
Sondland is a low, disgusting rat of epic proportions. He is the worst, something like a Brutus or Judas of the USA…
God Bless General Lee says:
Another fail by the democrats, the party of hate, violence intolerance and racists. Trump by a landslide 2020.
Joe Fernandez says:
Impeachment proceedings . . .
US Foreign Policy and Aid has always been about quid pro quo.
It's not wrong if America benefits.
If it's about personal benefits to the President, it's wrong, tantamount to bribery and corruption.
However, it's not that simple when it's not straightforward.
In the case of Ukraine, if true, the question that arises is whether former US President Biden was involved in wrongdoing in 2016.
Any investigation of Biden by Ukraine cannot be treated as being of personal benefit to Trump. That's stretching the imagination. It's Biden's alleged wrongdoing that matters.
Again, the issue is wrongdoing i.e. Biden's, not Trump's.
To recap, the only alleged wrongdoing that arises is Biden's.
If Biden is found guilty, that's all that matters. The question of Trump benefitting personally does not arise. It's Biden that indulged in wrongdoing.
If Biden is cleared by Ukraine, there's no way that Trump derived personal benefits from the investigation.
Truth not opinion says:
The fact that the Guardian are not calling this massive publicity stunt out for what it is, is shameful and shows how complicit they are with the cowardly corrupt left!
Georgios Papas says:
SHOW BEGINS.
kml sikhi says:
I am glad Sondland decided to tell the truth finally. As far as the other witnesses… I don't think I have ever been more proud of my country. These career foreign services witnesses embody the American "way" in our ideals and goals and their non-partisan, professional and clear recitation of the facts in their possession is stunning. As a veteran from a family of veterans, I like to think I am strong and would do the same, but as much as I love this country and my people… I am completely humbled and I don't know if I could do what they are doing. I hope I would have the character, courage, faith and clear love of America and it's promise, to do so. I took an oath to do so.
Josh Jones says:
Why the lies Guardian? Why do you try and make it look like Trump was not quoting Sondland and was reading a statement? You are the reason the media is not respected. You should be ashamed.
Ded Recon says:
Did Trump conspire? "RUSSIA, IF YOU ARE LISTENING YOU WILL BE GREATLY REWARDED FOR INTERFERING" Very clear that Dirty Donald was stirring the conspiratorial pot with those words.
Pat Walker says:
The exposure of Donald's Ukraine scheme provides us with a window into his everyday life.
p H says:
All go read Trump/Russia: A Definitive History. It may be revealing into Trumps mind for you all.
DutchPhysicist says:
From across the ocean —> OMG do you guys have really nothing else to do, such as being the World's leading county in basically everything? Let Trump do his job, because he is doing it outstandingly! (statistics on basically any economic or social indicator… anyone??)