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11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:27 PM Oct 2019

So here's where the rubber meets the road. Does Ambassador Sondland ...

want to go to jail for perjury in defense of a sociopath who wouldn't piss on him if he spontaneously combusted on the White House lawn?

Or will he simply decide to tell the truth, thereby risking an onslaught of incoherent and poorly spelled midnight tweets from Trump and his un-American ass-sniffing sycophants?

And how fucking sad is it that there's even a question about that choice in Trump's America?

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genxlib

(5,543 posts)
1. I think he will go with the amateur defense.
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:35 PM
Oct 2019

"Uhhh, I was just renting this Ambassadorship so I could play dress-up. How could I know it was wrong?"

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
2. Yup, I agree. "Only the best people" need to use the ...
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:41 PM
Oct 2019

"I'm too fucking stupid to know better" defense.

genxlib

(5,543 posts)
3. Also too stupid to know that it isn't a valid defense at all
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 05:44 PM
Oct 2019

Especially sense the thing he will be guilty of is a pretty straightforward lying to congress. Even if he didn't realize that the extortion was illegal, all he ever needed to do was tell it like it was.

But he will likely still try.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
5. At least tRUMP and his Traitor Tot Toadies are predictable and that makes it easier to plan
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 06:13 PM
Oct 2019

counter-strategy measures.

uponit7771

(90,367 posts)
6. Sondland used the words "I don't recall" during his testimony wouldn't that get him out of this
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 06:57 PM
Oct 2019

... situtation of perjury?

thx in advance,

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
7. He is a multi millionaire,
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 03:34 PM
Oct 2019

who spent close to $1 million taxpayer dollars renovating the embassy in Ukraine. Lots of luxury touches. Seems like he was planning on staying in that position for a long time. He made a large donation to tRump, that is how he got the position.

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