National Security Council official Lt. Col. Vindman testified on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s ask of Ukrainian President Zelensky to open investigations into the 2016 election and former vice president Joe Biden was not a “request,” but an “order'
National Security Council official Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s ask of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open investigations into the 2016 election and former vice president Joe Biden was not a “request,” but an “order.”
“When a senior asks you to do something even when it’s polite and pleasant it’s not to be taken as a request, it’s to be taken as an order,” Vindman told the House Intelligence Committee as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Trump. “My impression was, in order to get the White House meeting, President Zelensky would have to agree to open these investigations,” Vindman said.
“It was improper for the president to demand an investigation into a political opponent, especially a foreign power where there’s at best dubious belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation, and that this would have significant implications if this became public knowledge ... it would undermine our Ukraine policy and it would undermine our national security,” Vindman said.
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