[3] The episode opens on President Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) giving a press conference in which she denies that she lobbied against her Families First bill.
Several of Selina's associates are shown being sworn in at House Judiciary Committee hearings: ex-staffers, Amy (Anna Chlumsky) and Dan (Reid Scott), are together with White House Aide Jonah (Timothy Simons); Sue (Sufe Bradshaw), her secretary, is alone; Ben (Kevin Dunn), her chief of staff, is alone; and her daughter Catherine (Sarah Sutherland) is in a private deposition.
Leigh Patterson (Jessie Ennis), a former White House aide, testifies that she was fired to conceal that someone used a confidential data breach to target bereaved parents for President Meyer's campaign.
Now in a deposition, Gary admits he asked Dan and Amy to lobby against Families First and states that Bill Ericsson paid them for the job.
For Vulture, Daniel Kurland wrote in a review, "'Testimony' is not only one of Veep’s strongest entries...but is also a staggering accomplishment in comedic television in general.
Club, "It will be nice to get back to the show’s usual approach and aesthetic in the finale but "Testimony" is a refreshing and welcome change of pace for the series, giving the team at Veep the chance to flex new comedic muscles and demonstrate how talented, and versatile, they are.
[5] Outgoing showrunner Armando Iannucci received a nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards for "Testimony".