Name "Rocky A$AP" triggered Amb. Sondland memory recall that could sink Trump Presidency?

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Just tuned in for few minutes and caught a snippet of Amb. Sondland's testimony that apparently included his revised view supportig other witnesses claims that President sought 'quid pro quo' from Ukraine and pushed for investigations of his political opponents in order to release aid to them. But the stunning reason Sondland cited for triggering his recal of that phone conversation was mention of name 'Rocky A$AP' in his phone call woth Pres Trump.
Amb. Sondland also went on to say that he told President Trump that "Pres Zelensky loves your ass".

Tone of this hearing seems changed compared to few days ago, starting to wonder that earlier speculations about impeachment being an 'inside job' may not be factual and there is real risk of impeachment.
If above observation is not mistaken, name 'Rocky A$AP' could end up sinking Trump Presidency as a result of this revised damaging testimony by Amb. Sondland?

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Live updates of impeachment hearing have confirmed this.

10:39 A.M. —
Sondland when asked if he told Trump the Ukrainian president "loves your ass"– "That's how President Trump and I communicate. A lot of four letter words. In this case a three letter word"

— Dorey Scheimer (@DoreyScheimer) November 20, 2019


10:34 A.M. — Sondland says a change in his impeachment testimony was triggered by reference to rapper A$AP Rocky.




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Sondland: Rapper A$AP Rocky was initially the "primary focus" of the July 26 call with Trump

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House Democrats' counsel Daniel Goldman pointed out that Sondland's testimony is that he now remembers that infamous July 26 phone with President Trump he had while sitting in a restaurant in Kiev.
This is the call where they discussed investigations that President Trump wanted Ukraine to announce.
Sondland, who said he isn't a notetaker, said, "What triggered my memory was someone's reference to A$AP Rocky, which I believe was the primary focus of the phone call."
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-hearing-11-20-19/h_edd320697a38e077b2d9f63ea1b281fa




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'The answer is yes': Sondland affirms 'quid pro quo' in Ukraine dealings

Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland.
Updated: 11/20/2019 11:25 AM EST

President Donald Trump’s handpicked Ukraine adviser Gordon Sondland told House impeachment investigators Wednesday that Trump conditioned a valuable White House meeting for Ukraine's new president on his willingness to launch investigations into Trump’s Democratic adversaries, including former Vice President Joe Biden.
“Was there a ‘quid pro quo?’” Sondland — the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, a close Trump ally and longtime GOP donor — said in his opening remarks to the House Intelligence Committee. “The answer is yes.”

Sondland’s testimony was the most dramatic to date, putting the president at the center of an effort to pressure a foreign power to investigate his political rivals. Democrats quickly seized on the bombshell testimony as they seek to make the case in a series of public impeachment hearings that Trump abused his power by conditioning official acts to benefit his re-election campaign.
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Sondland framed the matter as widely understood across the Trump administration, indicating that senior officials including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and even cabinet secretaries were aware of the arrangement — and that it was carried out at the “express direction” of the president.
“Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret,” Sondland said, adding that he directly communicated the “quid pro quo” to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

politico.com/news/2019/11/20/gordon-sondland-impeachment-testimony-071708





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Donald Trump Reportedly Was Told To Let A$AP Rocky Sit In Prison

November 18, 2019
A$AP Rocky and the Sweden incident that left the rapper behind bars for a month is back in the headlines after the on camera scuffle was included in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.

According to the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/us/politics/trump-ambassador-sondland-ukraine-call.html), the United States Embassy in Kiev official David Holmes testified that he overheard Trump on the phone with Gordon D. Sondland, American ambassador to the European Union.
Holmes confirmed that Trump spoke with Sondland about getting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to conduct an investigation into Joe Biden; he also said that Sondland and Trump spoke about Rocky’s then-ongoing legal troubles in Sweden. Trump publicly commented that he wanted to help free Rocky, expressing disappointment in Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s perceived lack of action prior to the rapper’s release. In the call, as Holmes recollected, Sondland loudly told Trump that Rocky “should have pled guilty.”

In a tweet posted by Washington Post senior political reporter Aaron Blake, Holmes stated that Sondland told the president that Rocky was “kind of f*cked there” and that he “should have pleaded guilty.”

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Trump was more worried about A$AP Rocky than Ukraine scheme

By Dave Goldiner
Nov 20, 2019 | 11:11 AM

Ukraine, schm-Ukraine. Trump wanted to talk about A$AP Rocky

During his infamous cell phone call from Trump at a Kyiv cafe, Gordon Sondland recalled the main thing on the president’s mind was not Ukraine or even investigating Joe Biden.

It was A$AP Rocky.

“As I recall, that was the primary purpose of the call,” Sondland testified Wednesday at the impeachment hearing.

At the time of the July 26 chat, the rapper was in a Swedish jail awaiting trial on charges stemming from a Stockholm street brawl.



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U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

That was the day after Trump’s infamous phone call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in which he demanded a “favor” of launching investigations into his Democratic rivals.

But Trump wanted Sondland, who is ambassador to the European Union, to tighten the screws on Sweden to let A$AP go free.

Timeline of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump

The president had assured supporters Kanye West and Kim Kardashian that he would win freedom for the rapper, and was irritated that little apparent progress was being made.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvyLCc8-jms



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