Iraq war veteran to testify that he heard Trump pressed Ukraine president to investigate Biden

[Anonymous]

A White House official who listened to President Trump's Ukraine call will testify that he considered it so damaging he reported it to a lawyer. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, will tell Congress tomorrow that he twice registered internal objections about how Trump and his inner circle were treating Ukraine, out of what he called a “sense of duty."

https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1188985492240510977

The colonel, a Ukrainian-American immigrant who received a Purple Heart after being wounded in Iraq before becoming a senior admin official, will say in sworn testimony that Trump jeopardized national security w/Zelensky call, and he consulted a lawyer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/us/politics/Alexander-Vindman-trump-impeachment.html

[Anonymous]

Good.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure Trump and his team will try to find something to discredit him, or Trump will just call him names, as usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure Trump and his team will try to find something to discredit him, or Trump will just call him names, as usual.

And his followers will pile on.

[Anonymous]

Lol sure. We all heard the same tape, I guess 450million Americans can take the stand.

Talking about quid pro isn't the same as executing quid pro. Ukraine ties are strong with this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol sure. We all heard the same tape, I guess 450million Americans can take the stand.

Talking about quid pro isn't the same as executing quid pro. Ukraine ties are strong with this one.

Did you read the article?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol sure. We all heard the same tape, I guess 450million Americans can take the stand.

Talking about quid pro isn't the same as executing quid pro. Ukraine ties are strong with this one.

Just the ask is a crime. Most of us realize that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol sure. We all heard the same tape, I guess 450million Americans can take the stand.

Talking about quid pro isn't the same as executing quid pro. Ukraine ties are strong with this one.

No bottom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol sure. We all heard the same tape, I guess 450million Americans can take the stand.

Talking about quid pro isn't the same as executing quid pro. Ukraine ties are strong with this one.

As with Rudy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol sure. We all heard the same tape, I guess 450million Americans can take the stand.

Talking about quid pro isn't the same as executing quid pro. Ukraine ties are strong with this one.

No one heard the tape. Are you on the NSC? We got a “summary” of the call from the lying White House who thought it was fine. It’s not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol sure. We all heard the same tape, I guess 450million Americans can take the stand.

Talking about quid pro isn't the same as executing quid pro. Ukraine ties are strong with this one.

Just the ask is a crime. Most of us realize that.

What crime? What code section?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol sure. We all heard the same tape, I guess 450million Americans can take the stand.

Talking about quid pro isn't the same as executing quid pro. Ukraine ties are strong with this one.

Just the ask is a crime. Most of us realize that.

What crime? What code section?

Abuse of office.

See Nixon.

[Anonymous]

Following is his transcript. WOW!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/28/politics/wh-ukraine-expert-opening-statement/index.html

President Oleksandr Danylyuk Visit -- July 10, 2019
On July 10, 2019, Oleksandr Danylyuk, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council for Ukraine, visited Washington, D.C. for a meeting with National Security Advisor Bolton. Ambassadors Volker and Sondland also attended, along with Energy Secretary Rick Perry.

The meeting proceeded well until the Ukrainians broached the subject of a meeting between the two presidents. The Ukrainians saw this meeting as critically important in order to solidify the support of their most important international partner. Amb. Sondland started to speak about Ukraine delivering specific investigations in order to secure the meeting with the President, at which time Ambassador Bolton cut the meeting short.

Following this meeting, there was a scheduled debriefing during which Amb. Sondland emphasized the importance that Ukraine deliver the investigations into the 2016 election, the Bidens, and Burisma. I stated to Amb. Sondland that his statements were inappropriate, that the request to investigate Biden and his son had nothing to do with national security, and that such investigations were not something the NSC was going to get involved in or push. Dr. Hill then entered the room and asserted to Amb. Sondland that his statements were inappropriate.
Following the debriefing meeting, I reported my concerns to the NSC's lead counsel. Dr. Hill also reported the incident to the NSC's lead counsel.

Election Call -- July 25, 2019
On July 21, 2019, President Zelenskyy's party won Parliamentary elections in a landslide victory. The NSC proposed that President Trump call President Zelenskyy to congratulate him.
On July 25, 2019, the call occurred. I listened in on the call in the Situation Room with colleagues from the NSC and the office of the Vice President. As the transcript is in the public record, we are all aware of what was said.
I was concerned by the call. 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. 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. This would all undermine U.S. national security. Following the call, I again reported my concerns to NSC's lead counsel.

[Anonymous]

https://twitter.com/MiriamElder/status/1188989309061390337

This is going to be a good episode: Alexander Vindman has an identical twin brother, Yevgeny, who is a lawyer on the NSC.

[Anonymous]

Just as a refresher: The lead counsel to the NSC is John Eisenberg, who was
A) appointed by Mike Flynn/worked with William Barr at Kirkland & Ellis before that
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eisenberg
B) involved in the leak of information to Devin Nunes showing that Trump admin officials had been surveilled talking to suspect Russians
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/three-white-house-officials-tied-to-files-shared-with-house-intelligence-chairman/2017/03/30/de4b8c30-1589-11e7-9e4f-09aa75d3ec57_story.html
C) the lawyer who put the calls with Zelensky and others into the top secret server
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/27/politics/white-house-restricted-trump-calls-putin-saudi/index.html