It’s not clear what caused Sondland, a Trump donor and personal ally of the president, to suddenly remember a crucial detail re: the Ukraine shadow campaign, though perhaps the testimony of other witnesses, who pointed to him as playing central in the plot, may have refreshed his memory. Democrats had also been unenthused by his performance last month, in which Sondland, per the Times, “evaded crucial questions during his testimony.” This time around, the ambassador said that reading the testimonies of Taylor and Timothy Morrison, the senior director for Europe and Russia at the National Security Council, helped “refresh” his “recollection.”

Trump and his Republican allies have, of course, continued to insist that if you look at the incredibly incriminating transcript of the July 25 phone call, you’ll see that there is obviously not one shred of quid pro quo, a conclusion that many who read the same transcript—the one in which Zelensky mentions aid and Trump replies “I would like you to do us a favor though” and then proceeds to claim the Bidens are corrupt—did not reach. With the Sondland revelation, it presumably won’t be long before Trump and company pivot to insisting quid pro quo is very cool and very legal.

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Lindsey Graham isn’t concerned about the growing body of evidence that Trump should be impeached

The senator from South Carolina has just come out and said it: Trump could cup his face in his hands and whisper “Lindsey, I did it. I did it all,” and Graham wouldn’t abandon his golfing buddy:

Report: Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago could really use a G7 summit

Or at the very least, a number of unnecessary presidential visits and/or some GOP events by politicians looking to kiss the ring: