Sondland dropped bombs while also defusing them

The only thing damning about Wednesday’s testimony was the testimony itself.

After the House Intelligence Committee hearing, pundits and politicians on the left tried to claim Gordon Sondland’s testimony as a win — even as a “bombshell.” But in reality, he dropped bombs while also defusing them. He was contradictory and confused, but House Democrats didn’t care. This was just the latest chapter in a book they wrote months ago.

At the prompting of Democrats, the ambassador gave hours of testimony on some scheme he imagined was happening. But that testimony was mostly made up of secondhand or speculative claims. He testified that he “presumed” and “came to believe” that the administration was engaged in quid pro quo for certain investigations — providing no proof or new evidence. He also said his theories about why aid was withheld were a “guess.”