He's looking to stay out of prison.

But that might be enough, now that it's abundantly clear that Mr Trump doesn't give a fuck about the people who go down to protect him. There was a time when people thought he'd pardon them, but nobody expects that anymore.

Sondland wasn't trying to be a Trumper. He was trying to get Jeb Bush elected. He's just a fucking rich dude who wanted a swanky job. And he was incompetent enough to let Trump manipulate him. Now he might want off this rollercoaster.

It's too easy to expect big dramatic moments, though. Our media has trained us for it. So we might all be overreacting.

At this point, I think it's probably more likely that he just pulls out of the agreement to testify, says some dumb shit about executive privilege, and it rolls on from there.