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NEWS: Vindman, WH official slated to testify tmrw, will tell impeachment investigators he reported Trump’s Ukraine call *twice* internally & “did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen,” per opening statement obtained by @politico
@politico VINDMAN: “I realized that if Ukraine pursued an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in Ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained.”
@politico Vindman’s full opening statement, obtained by @politico >> static.politico.com/69/13/cdffb8a4…

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@politico STORY >> politico.com/news/2019/10/2… w/ @kyledcheney
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George Kent’s deposition transcript will be released shortly, per an official.
KENT transcript is live >> docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…
Kent says Volker met privately with Zelensky in Toronto in July “to underscore the importance of the messaging that Zelensky needed to provide to President Trump about his willingness to be cooperative.”
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Andrew Desiderio
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TAYLOR: “That was my clear understanding,
security assistance money would not come until the [Ukrainian] President committed to pursue the investigation.”

...

SCHIFF: “Are you aware that quid pro quo literally means this for that?”

TAYLOR: “I am.”

docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…
Taylor: “I think it was becoming clear to the Ukrainians that, in order to get this meeting that they wanted, they would have to commit to pursuing these investigations. And [Ukraine Finance Minister] Danyliuk, at least, understood and I'm sure that he briefed President Zelensky”
Taylor, in his rare first-person cable to Pompeo on August 29 expressing concerns about suspension of aid to Ukraine, says he also suggested to Pompeo that he might resign.

docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG…
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Andrew Desiderio
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NEWS >> Schiff announces first public impeachment hearings
The first impeachment witnesses, per @RepAdamSchiff:

William Taylor, George Kent, Marie Yovanovitch.
@RepAdamSchiff STORY >> Schiff’s announcement marks a brand new phase of the impeachment inquiry, and brings Democrats one step closed to impeaching the president. politico.com/news/2019/11/0…
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Steven Lundgren
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WH Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct, 'CHANGE' my word, Transcript

Lt. Col.Vindman, who heard President Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine’s pres and was alarmed, TESTIFIED that HE TRIED and FAILED TO ADD DETAILS to the rough transcript
H/T @CoryGroshek nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/…
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Opening Statement (IN FULL):

Alexander Vindman:

"I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine."

saraacarter.com/alexander-vind…
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Tim O'Brien
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A White House national security official and decorated Iraq war vet will tell impeachment investigators he heard Trump press Ukraine’s president to investigate Biden -- a request he considered so damaging to American interests he reported it to a superior nytimes.com/2019/10/28/us/…
“I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine,” Colonel Vindman said in a statement.
Vindman plans to say he isn't the whistle-blower who initially reported Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine. But he will provide an account that corroborates and fleshes out crucial elements in that complaint, which prompted Democrats to open their impeachment investigation.
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💣BOOM💣

Decorated @USArmy veteran LTC Alexander Vindman plans to tell @HouseDemocrats that he heard @realDonaldTrump ask #Ukraine’s president to investigate @JoeBiden, and reported it to a superior out of what he called a “sense of duty.”

What a hero!🇺🇸
nytimes.com/2019/10/28/us/…
🔥Vindman—the 1st WH official to testify who listened in on the July 25 #Ukrainegate call—is the TOP #Ukraine expert on the NSC and raised internal objections TWICE about how Trump and his cronies were treating #Ukraine.

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Vindman: “I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a US citizen...I realized that if #Ukraine pursued an investigation into the Bidens and Burisma it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play” that would HURT #Ukraine.

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Tim Hogan
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1. Does anyone know if we have sold #Ukraine more #Javelins as requested in the call? I have reported extensively on Ukraine since 2014 Maidan & I don't think they have used what we sold them earlier & Russia would be pretty unhappy if they got more. I thought we supplied 200.
2. I don't think there are lot of tanks on the contact line. But clearly Russia has been making noises that it may attack soon.
Russian tanks are sitting ducks for the way Javelins work that exploits the weakness in the top of Russian main battle tanks. I wonder how Putin feels
3. about Trump trading Russian tank crews for dirt on Biden? It's possible that Trump was never going to supply the Javelins and was going to try to get some bogus facts on @JoeBiden and then just blow off reciprocity. We can get Putin's attention if the House and Senate vote
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⚠️🧵If WH releases Ukraine call transcript, beware gaslighting "the likes of which we've never seen." It's Putin's propaganda playbook: Endless confusion & division, turning reality on its head to make truth—& journalism—irrelevant. Clumsy b/c Trump. But it's already claimed GOP.
Watch this chilling BBC clip & you'll recognize Trump's Russian propaganda playbook: Putin made politics a bewildering constantly changing piece of theater to undermine the perception of reality. People can't tell what's true, don't believe their own eyes or journalists' facts./2
Constant shifts make even proven facts FEEL doubtful & confusing. Trump’s already shifted his story from denial to disinformation:
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—“partisan” whistleblower
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Except it's not. It's a conspiracy theory smear, contrary to facts. /3
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