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...