sondland says he now recalls telling a ukrainian official on september 1st, quote, resumption of usaid would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that had been that we had been discussing for many weeks. that anti-corruption statement was supposed to target the bidens. sonld land s revision blows up the time lyme being peddled by the white house i. tess first clear acknowledgement that a request for an investigation was on the table after ukraine was told in late august aid was tied up. trump said that was not the case, so it could not be used as leverage. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell does not think it moves the impeachment needle. i don t think it wouldn t today. i don t think it would lead to
occur until ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks. sondland s revision blows up it. ice the first clear acknowledgement that the request for a investigation was on the table after ukraine was told in latest august it was held up. now senate majority leader mitch mcconnell doesn t think this moves the impeachment needle at all. i m pretty sure how it s likely to end. if it were today, i don t think there s any question it would not lead to a removal. david hale is expected to appear at the impeachment inquiry today. he s the third highest ranking official at the department. acting chief of staff mick mulvaney has been asked to testify on friday. it s unlouxly he ll comply with the request. last week sondland confirmed
she is eight months pregnant. sondland says he recalls tells officials resumption of usaid would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that he had been discussing for many weeks. anti-corruption statement was supposed to target the bidens. sondland s revision blows up the timeline pedalled by the white house. it was on the table after crew crane was told in august aid was held up. the timing, super important to the white house case here. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell doesn t think this moves the impeachment needle. i m not sure how likely it is to end.
doing it, which he explained. i m not going to, you know, argue about those reasons. it is fascinating, bill barr right there in that quote, basically says, well, mueller could have said he wanted to charge the president but couldn t do it because of justice department policy. would bill barr have been as supportive of mueller if he had gone about and done what barr said? i ll let you guys answer that question. the big question right now, though, is whether or not mueller s statement yesterday is moving the impeachment needle. the president s reaction to it combined with barr s comments suggest perhaps they are worried about mueller moving the needle. and since mueller s statement, nine more house democrats have publicly come out in support of impeachment proceedings. that brings the total to 49 democrats and one republican. if you want an anecdotal piece of evidence, we ve also started to hear some constituents, actual voters start to ask questions about impeachment at congressional