A top adviser on Ukraine to President Trump testifies that he was so alarmed after hearing Trump ask Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden that he reported it to a White House lawyer out of concern for U.S. national security
Trump had withheld $391 million in U.S. security aid to Ukraine approved by Congress to fight Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country. Zelenskiy agreed to Trump’s requests. The aid was later provided.“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.
“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,” Vindman said, adding that he also reported his concerns to the National Security Counsel’s lead lawyer. Sondland gave a different account of the July 10 events in his own testimony in the inquiry, saying that “if Ambassador Bolton, Dr. Hill or others harbored any misgivings about the propriety of what we were doing, they never shared those misgivings with me, then or later.”
Vindman said he became aware of a shadow Ukraine policy promoted by “outside influencers” in the spring of this year. In his role as a director on the National Security Council, he provided readouts of relevant meetings and communications on Ukraine and other countries in his portfolio. “How many more Never Trumpers will be allowed to testify about a perfectly appropriate phone call when all anyone has to do is READ THE TRANSCRIPT! I knew people were listening in on the call , which was fine with me, but why so many?” Trump added.
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