I have to say that I look forward to the endings of all these hearings because of the final line-up of questioners. Since the Dems have more members on the committee than Republicans do, the final five interrogators are all Democrats in a row with no interruption: Denny Heck, Peter Welch, Sean Patrick Maloney, Val Demings and Raja Krishnamoorthi. (*Correction below.)
Denny Heck always soothes and oils the witness with sincere, heartfelt appeals to everyone''s better angels, followed by an always intelligent and respectful set from elder statesman Welch, setting them up for the one-two punch of Maloney and Demings, both with a deceptive and deadly demeanor if they're not buying what the witness is selling.
Sondland took a real beating from those two today after Heck and Welch relaxed him, outright blindsided by Maloney, and Demings never let him up from it.
Honorable mention to Jackie Speier:
And to Mike Quigley for finally pointing out that the name or testimony of the whistleblower is competely unimportant to the proceedings: "If we were investigating arson [Republicans] would indict the guy who pulled the fire alarm."
*Correction:
I misremembered. That asshole Gym Jordan comes after Denny Heck in the line of questioning.
Tomorrow: Fiona Hill and David Holmes
UPDATE:
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