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No Record Found of Trumps Call With Sondland
November 27, 2019 at 11:42 pm EST By Taegan Goddard61 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/27/no-record-found-of-trumps-call-with-sondland/
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Washington Post: Sondlands recollection of a phone conversation that he said took place on Sept. 9 has emerged as a centerpiece of Trumps defense as House Democrats argue in an impeachment inquiry that he abused his office to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democrats.
However, no other witness testimony or documents have emerged that corroborate Sondlands description of a call that day.
Trump himself, in describing the conversation, has referred only to the ambassadors account of the call, which based on Sondlands activities would have occurred before dawn in Washington. And the White House has not located a record in its switchboard logs of a call between Trump and Sondland on Sept. 9, according to an administration official who, like others in this report.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)hell no . . .
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Even if some low level person found a record of the call, no one should expect that higher ups and Trump would let it go public, and the underling would have one of two choices, shut up or be destroyed.
BigMin28
(1,177 posts)Unsecured cell phone, as he is known to do, then there wouldn't be a record of it through the WH switchboard. Remember, Sondland was said to had a direct line to Spanky. Which would mean his cell number.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)facilitators.
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Not a goddamn thing so far as I can tell...
2naSalit
(86,649 posts)there really wasn't a call in the first place. The call they made was to verify that they had the same script regarding the fake call.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)And people heard both sides do that call.