New: David Holmes confirmed he overheard a July 26 phone call b/t Trump & Sondland in which Trump...

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New: David Holmes confirmed he overheard a July 26 phone call b/t Trump & Sondland in which Trump asked if Ukraine would investigate Biden. Sondland said yes.

—>> Holmes was able to hear because Sondland held the phone away from his ear due to how loud Trump was talking. - CNN

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[riversedge]

1. This is the first time I have heard that Trump actually used the name 'Biden".

[BigmanPigman]

2. Hasn't another person also

said that they overheard the same call (more verification)?

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3. At least two other witnesses - beyond David Holmes - overheard the Trump-Sondland call in which...

At least two other witnesses - beyond David Holmes - overheard the Trump-Sondland call in which Trump was pressing for investigations into the Bidens, we are told

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My gawd... pure incompetence.

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4. ... Holmes could hear Sondland tell Trump on the phone that President Zelensky "loves your ass."

According to David Holmes’s opening statement obtained by @mkraju and @jeremyherb, Holmes could hear Sondland tell Trump on the phone that President Zelensky “loves your ass.”

Trump responded “So, he’s gonna do the investigation?”

“Sondland; “He’s gonna do it."

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5. Witness confirms diplomat Bill Taylor's testimony on Trump-Sondland call, sources say

A US diplomat told lawmakers behind closed doors that he did overhear the July 26 phone conversation between President Trump and Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, and that on the call Trump asked Sondland if Ukraine was going to do the investigation, according to two sources familiar with the testimony.

Sondland replied that they were going to do it, the sources said.

David Holmes, the counselor for political affairs at the US Embassy in Ukraine, was able to hear the call because Sondland held the phone away from his ear due to how loud Trump was talking, the sources said.

Holmes also confirmed there were others at the table at the restaurant where he heard the call, according to the sources.

Asked about Holmes' testimony, Rep. Gerry Connolly told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he was going to be "careful about what I just heard in closed session, but... I would say that the adverb used 'allegedly' is not accurate. It is not alleged. It happened. And it is a matter public record that Mr. Holmes heard this conversation and recognized the President's voice loud and clear."

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-hearing-11-15-19/h_34db04b99f225b7df850d06f0bce0f03

At least 2 other witnesses overheard the Sondland-Trump call, congressman says

Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat from California, told reporters at least two more witnesses overheard a conversation between President Trump and US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland.

Lieu said the two witnesses are in addition to David Holmes, an aide to diplomat Bill Taylor who is testifying behind closed doors this evening about the conversation.

We we know: According to Taylor, who testified Wednesday, Holmes overheard Trump ask Sondland about the status of "investigations" during a cellphone conversation in a Kiev restaurant.

The conversation between Trump and Sondland took place the day after Trump spoke with the Ukrainian president by phone in July, Taylor testified.

Taylor did not name Holmes, but sources tell CNN that he is the member of the embassy staff Taylor was referencing.

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6. That made me laugh out loud.

Serves Trump right. What a buffoon.

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7. Amazing, isn't it?!

Listening to Trump blather on forever would be the tenth circle of hell.

[Stuart G]

8. 2 Other Witnesses, total of 4? Heard that Call, Is that correct?

Am I counting right?.....So, it isn't 1, but 4 who will say Trump said this...

Four, 4, 04, not 1, or one, or 0 plus 1....But 4, that is 3 more than 1

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9. I think 3 (besides Sondland) n/t

[Stuart G]

10. If there were a total of 4 witnesses to the call, and all four heard what we heard, but live

and right there, then 3 more can come to the hearing and verify this call...3 more can say that this is what the Trumper said, live and in person...............

Burnt toast is not correct. Burnt to a total crisp, and ready to be thrown out, it more accurate.
...Couldn't happen to a bigger assho*e.