Rep. Devin Nunes refers to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman as 'Mr. Vindman.' 'Ranking member, it's lieutenant colonel Vindman, please,' Vindman responds. ImpeachmentHearings
Day 3 of the House impeachment hearings continued Tuesday afternoon with two witnesses requested by Republicans: Kurt Volker, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, a National Security Council official who was on President Donald Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine's president.
"We have courageous people like yourself who come forward, who report things, who do what they should do, who have a sense, as you put it, colonel, of duty, of duty. Not to the person of the president, but to the presidency and to the country. And we thank you for that," Schiff said. In his closing remarks, Republican Rep. Rep. Devin Nunes says"Act One of today's circus is over ... the Democrats are no closer to impeachment than where they were three years ago."Democrat Rep. Sean Maloney asked Vindman what went through his mind when he heard Trump on the July 25 call.
"We've even had a member of this committee question -- this is my favorite -- question why you would wear your dress uniform today. Even though that dress uniform includes a breast plate that has a combat infantry badge on it and a purple heart medal ribbon," he said. “And are you aware of any part of the U.S. Government, its foreign policy or intelligence apparatus that supports that theory?” Rep. Castro, D-Texas, asked Vindman.The theory that Ukraine framed Russia in election interference in 2016 has been widely criticized.
President Trump:"Vindman, I watched him for a little while this morning and I think he — I'm going to let people make their own determination. But I don't know Vindman, I never heard of him, I don't know any of these people." https://t.co/I5tJy8CV9K pic.twitter.com/nfBA44BWVv He added"The reason we don't ask witnesses, who are fact witnesses, to make a judgment about whether a crime or bribery has been committed. …. For one thing, you may not be aware of all the facts brought forward in this investigation."
Moments earlier, Himes suggested the president engaged in “witness intimidation” in calling Jennifer Williams a “Never Trumper” on Twitter.“No, sir,” she replied emphatically. Vindman read from a performance review prepared by his former boss at the NSC, Fiona Hill, who gave him glowing feedback on his work.Vindman said there was no “ambiguity” in President Trump’s invoking the name “Biden” during his July 25 call with Ukraine’s president.
“The whole notion was rather comical,” Vindman added, saying he didn’t “leave the door open at all” to the offer.Vindman:"I'm an American. I came here when I was a toddler and I immediately dismissed these offers. Did not entertain them...the whole notion is rather comical." https://t.co/I5tJy8CV9K pic.twitter.
“You can answer the question, or you can plead the Fifth,” Rep. Nunes said, referring to Vindman’s Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself. Vindman does acknowledge that he shared the contents of the July 25 phone call with a member of the intelligence community as well as State Department official George Kent.Vindman says he told U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland that discussion of investigations of the Bidens and the 2016 election were inappropriate when he says Sondland brought them up after a meeting with American and Ukrainian officials.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman:"Without hesitation I knew that I had to report this to the White House counsel." https://t.co/0tdYB4NWrl #ImpeachmentHearings pic.twitter.com/kw7qbylehpABC News' Mary Bruce notes that Vindman is contradicting the White House readout of the April 21 call between Presidents Trump and Zelenskiy.
“Chairman, the culture I come from – the military culture – when a senior asks you to do something, even if it's polite and pleasant, it’s not to be taken as a request. It's to be taken as an order,” Vindman said. On Monday, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., suggested Vindman was a “bureaucrat” who “never accepted President Trump as legitimate and resent his unorthodox style,” and indirectly accused him of “leaking to the press and participating in the ongoing effort to sabotage his policies.”
"I found the July 25th phone call unusual, because in contrast to other presidential calls I had observed, it involved discussion of what appeared to be a domestic political matter." Rep. Adam Schiff delivers opening statement at third public impeachment hearing:"To press a foreign leader to announce an investigation into his political rival, President Trump put his own personal and political interests above those of the nation." https://t.co/xAXyojJvAX pic.twitter.com/0JZv9Ij0rN
If you missed last week's hearings you can catch up on some of the key takeaways from former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and the first hearing with William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, the State Department's top career official tasked with Ukraine policy.Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman has arrived in Capitol Hill in his dress blue uniform.
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