Sondland delivered a private deposition before the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight Committees on October 17, testifying that the told Bill Taylor, the U.S. Charge d'affaires for Ukraine, that President Trump sought "nothing" from Ukraine and that there was "no quid pro quo" during the president's July 25 telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to U.S. diplomat David Holmes, he overheard a July 26 call in which President Trump mentioned "the investigations" to Sondland — an alleged reference to the president's request for Ukraine to probe into allegations of corruption against former Vice President and 2020 White House contender Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Holmes testified that Sondland conveyed to him that President Trump cared "more about the investigations" than Ukraine.

A partisan CIA analyst mischaracterized the Trump-Zelensky call in a "whistleblower" complaint to the intelligence community inspector general, prompting the House Democrats to launch an impeachment probe on September 24.

Click here to read Breitbart News' "Cheat Sheet" on Sondland's public testimony.