specific country company that rudy giuliani was going on television and linking to the biden but they had no idea these two things were linked. and tim morrison said all it took was a google he googled the name and realized this isn t about the company, this is really about the bidens and we saw sondland refusing to acknowledge that anyone with a modicum of common sense would have made that connection. it strains credibility. i m shocked and shocked and there is gambling going on. within this group, they knew what burisma stood for. and just to go to the point of his memory, he said several times, i m not a note-taker. and tomorrow a man who is a note-taker is going to testify. and that is david holmes. who was at lunch, who heard the phone call. you know, every time we got to where sondland and trump intersected, he was very, very
fair. i have not had access to all of my phone records, state department emails and many, many other state department documents. and i was told i could not work with my eu staff to pull together the relevant files and information. having access to the state department materials would have been very helpful to me in trying to reconstruct with whom i spoke and met and when and what was said. as ambassador, i ve had hundreds of meetings and calls with individuals. but i am not a note taker or a memo writer. never have been. my job requires that i speak with heads of state, senior government officials, members of the cabinet, the president, almost each and every day. talking with foreign leaders might be memorable to some
but not until they announced an investigation into the 2016 elections and into burisma. that is not a crime, that is just p.r. for p.r. appear that had nothing to do with military aid. at the end of the day maybe this blockbuster testimony wasn t as blockbuster as people believe. dana: like most days from this testimony i ve heard from friends on the left to say, slam-dunk, amazing, we did so well today. republicans say, it s over, no problem, this guy was a total joke. i think both sides will try to tell their story and we can get into all of that. i felt like during the hearing that the democrats were excited to have him and then they were like, wait, we are not so excited. then the republicans and the democrats got so frustrated with him and he was just there saying, i m just trying to do my best. he is not a notetaker. and his memory, as human memories can be, faulty. i m not so sure on the days come of the times, the calls, plus the state department won t allow him to access his
but i also must acknowledge that this process has been challenging. and in many respects less than fair. i have not had access to all of my phone records, state department emails, and many, many other state department documents. and i was told i could not work with my e.u. staff to pull together the relevant files and information. having access to the state department materials would have been very helpful to me in trying to reconstruct with whom i spoke and met and when and what was said. as ambassador, i have had hundreds of meetings and calls with individuals but i am not a note taker or a memo writer. never have been. my job requires that i speak with heads of state, senior government officials, members of the cabinet, the president,
sondland says in the opening of his testimony, i have been blocked from being able to get to my notes. i can t talk to anybody there at the state department. i can t even access materials that i would have that would help refresh my memory. you s author of the hearing both republicans and democrats being very frustrated with the gordon sondland about his memory, that he didn t take notes and has not been a notetaker. he is back and forth on testimony. that s not what you said two hours ago. that is memory just isn t there. with the executive branch has decided to do is pretty much install this investigation as much as possible. that means no paper, et cetera. however, they are responding in real time. you just heard it. the vice president s office is responding immediately and saying, that s not true. the primitive energy sent out something saying it s not true. that might be effective in the court of public opinion but it doesn t work necessarily in the hearing room. i do think