Impeachment hearings: Sondland was `involved in domestic political errand´, Hill testifies - live
(The Guardian World News)

Russia expert says she `had a couple testy encounters´ with Sondland and warned him `this is going to blow up´In this defining moment for America, support the Guardian´s independent journalism. Make a contribution 7.30pm GMT Republican Mike Turner is up. He says he has evidence of the problem of hearsay. He yells at Hill for a few minutes and now he´s yelling at Holmes. He runs his time out with no question. 7.19pm GMT Republican John Ratcliffe asks Holmes about the 26 July Trump-Sondland phone call. Ratcliffe is after a - subtle? - point. The point is, if Trump found out on the phone that his supposed extortion plot with Ukraine was working, why then did he immediately bring up the rapper A$AP Rocky? Wouldn´t a successful bribe-r - this seems to be Ratcliffe´s arguement - wouldn´t someone who had just received news that his bribery and extortion plot in Ukraine had just come together have talked more about it or savored it?Holmes said the Ukraine part of the conversation was very brief. Continue reading...