BREAKING: Army officer on White House staff reported concerns on Trump’s Ukraine dealings. Lt. Col. Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the NSC will tell impeachment investigators he twice reported concerns about Trump’s pressure tactics on Ukraine.
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Vindman, a national security official and decorated Iraq war veteran, will tell House investigators he heard Trump ask Zelensky to investigate Biden, a request he considered so damaging to US interests, he reported it to a superior.
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@dannyhakim “I did not think it was proper to demand a foreign govt investigate a US citizen.”
Lt. Col. Vindman twice registered objections about how Trump and his cronies were treating Ukraine out of a “sense of duty,” he plans to tell the House on Tuesday.
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Lt. Col. Vindman twice registered objections about how Trump and his cronies were treating Ukraine out of a “sense of duty,” he plans to tell the House on Tuesday.
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@dannyhakim Lt. Col. Vindman, a Ukrainian-American immigrant who received a Purple Heart after being wounded by a roadside bomb, will be the first WH official to testify who listened in on the Jul 25 Trump-Zelensky call. “I am a patriot.”
Yes you are, sir.
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Yes you are, sir.
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@dannyhakim Lt. Col. Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the NSC, will testify that he confronted Sondland the day the envoy spoke to Ukrainian officials in the White House about “Ukraine delivering specific investigations in to secure the meeting with Trump.”
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@dannyhakim Vindman’s opening statement: Sondland emphasized the importance that Ukraine deliver investigations into the 2016 election and the Bidens. I stated to him that his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate the Bidens had nothing to do with national security.
@dannyhakim Vindman’s opening statement: On July 25, 2019, I listened in on the [Trump-Zelensky] call in the Situation Room. I was concerned by the call. I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a US citizen.
@dannyhakim NEW: Lt. Col. Vindman testified that he tried and failed to add key omissions to the rough call transcript, including Trump’s claim that there were recordings of Biden discussing Ukraine corruption and an explicit mention by Zelensky of Burisma.
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@dannyhakim The rough transcript contains ellipses at 3 points where Trump is speaking. Lt. Col. Vindman told investigators that at the point of the transcript where the third set of ellipses appears, is when Trump told Zelensky that there were tapes of Biden.
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