Sondland's testimony

The following is from his opening statement wherein he confirmed it was his belief that military aid and a White House visit were conditional on Ukraine publicly declaring an investigation into the Bidens. From his answers under questioning though he repeatedly denied that Dump ever directly told him that was the case, that he only inferred it from Giuliani. He is protecting Dump and revealing the strategy that Giuliani is going to be the sacrificial lamb. However Dump's own phone call makes explicitly clear he in fact engaged directly in the extortion.