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Colonel Vindland's testimony indicates that Ambassador Sondland - who testified he had no idea Trump wanted the Bidens specifically investigated - has got some explaining to do.
Vindland heard the call, knew it was bad, and reported it to the NSC's' lead counsel, who I believe is John Eisenberg.

(BTW, Fiona Hill also testified that she met with Eisenberg twice in July to discuss her concerns about efforts to influence Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.)
John Eisenberg, according to this Politico article, was the lawyer who ordered the call record be hidden on the ultra-secret classified server.

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Here is Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman's opening statement in full.

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Why is Vindland's alerting Eisenberg about the Trump/Zelenskyy call suddenly "BREAKING!!!"?

We've known this, right?
Also **NOT** "BREAKING!!!": Eisenberg ordered the call hidden on the top-secret server.

We knew that already.

Eisenberg also knew about the Flynn/Kislyak call.

In fact, I bet he knows where ALL the bodies are buried.

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And DOJ's source for this assumption? An article from Washington Post, which Trump always refers to as "fake news."
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