crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. sondland responds, the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. but according to the washington post, sondland is expected to tell congress that response was essentially dictated by the president. that he spoke with trump before replying to taylor s text and doesn t know whether or not the president was telling the truth. trump had cited ambassador sondland s text to clear himself. the text message that i saw from ambassador sondland, who is highly respected, was, there s no quid pro quo. he said that. mary bruce with us live up on the hill tonight. and mary, president trump and rudy giuliani were, of course, pushing ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden and his son, hunter, about his business dealings in ukraine. and now we know that hunter biden has given an exclusive interview to our amy robach? reporter: and david, in that interview, he is talking about this
expected to discuss today was ambassador sondland with that legend legendary, very normal text, the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind, trump even pointed to that text, incorrectly calling it a tweet, claiming he was innocent. when sondland testifies before house committees he will say that the content of that text message was relayed to him directly by president trump. the president dictated his own cover story in the midst of the scandal. big question today, what happened behind those closed doors with fiona hill? those who attended her marathon testimony, member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, i know you can t get into the details of what you heard today, but can you describe the testimony? in my seven years of congress
president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind, trump even pointed to that text, incorrectly calling it a tweet, claiming he was innocent. when sondland testifies before house committees he will say that the content of that text message was relayed to him directly by president trump. the president dictated his own cover story in the midst of the scandal. big question today, what happened behind those closed doors with fiona hill? those who attended her marathon testimony, member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, i know you can t get into the details of what you heard today, but can you describe the testimony? in my seven years of congress i would candidly tell you, country, she s the most substantive witness i ve observed before any committee
that was just tonight. this week s other star witness will be the u.s. ambassador to the european union. his name is gordon sondland. he s a political appointee and a trump donor. he appears on thursday on the hill. he was the guy who responded to concerns about trump s scheme in ukraine with that text message, quote, the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. trump even pointed to that text as evidence of his exoneration. the text message that i saw from ambassador sondland, who is highly respected, was there s no quid pro quo. he said that. he said, by the way, it almost sounded like in general. he said, by the way, there s no quid pro quo, and there isn t. there is no pro quo. that was the text message that i saw, and that nullified everything. it almost sounded like a general.
that was just tonight. this week s other star witness will be the u.s. ambassador to the european union. his name is gordon sondland. he is a political appointee and a trump donor. he appears on thursday on the hill. he was the guy who responded to concerns about trump s scheme in ukraine with that text message, quote, the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. trump even pointed to that text as evidence of his exoneration. the text message that i saw from ambassador sondland, who is highly respected, was there s no quid pro quo. he said that. he said, by the way, it almost sounded like in general. by the way, there s no quid pro quo. and there isn t. there is no pro quo. that was the text message i saw, and that nullified everything. almost sounded like a