Posted on 10/28/2019 8:12:20 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A high-ranking Army officer and top White House Ukraine expert is expected to tell House investigators Tuesday that he twice raised objections to his superiors about how President Trump and his administration were interacting with Ukraine out of a “sense of duty."
A draft of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman's opening statement says he became worried when “outside influencers” were spreading a “false narrative” about Ukraine.
Vindman will testify behind closed doors Tuesday to the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Reform committees. He will be the first official to testify who directly witnessed the July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky that is at the center of the House's impeachment inquiry.
“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,” Vindman says in his statement. “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.”
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I didn’t see any testimony, I didn’t hear any testimony, so there is no testimony.
Has Pence been notified?
Finding that money laundering pipeline is a no no.
Have you ever been to the Pentagon? Ollie North was a LTC you know.
Leaked “testimony” from the “secret” hearing.... steered to the media by the criminal Schiff. Looks reaaaaal good-— NOT!
What’s not legal is one government official asking another government for a specific outcome. All Trump asked was that someone look into an incomplete investigation; it was Biden who asked for a specific outcome.
““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.”
Oh, so Lt Colonels SET national policy, and run like a little bitch to report to their superiors when the President does something he doesn’t agree with.
Sick.
More like mid level. Combat veteran or not, he should stay out of politics. That’s what this is pure and simple. I am concerned about how members of the military believe they no better.
I thought being a officer meant you had honor for God and Country. ......I guess those things aren’t important anymore. I really hate these people. They are willing to destroy the country because of their hate for Trump and Tramp’s supporters. All this crap because of the 0buttHole from Kenya
Oh really?
He’s a traitor to the nation. He functioned as a spy watching the white house for his masters.
I still remember when obambi took office and cleaned house removing a huge amount of military officers.
I understood it was the removal of those who didn’t support his agenda. I am betting these are the ones that did support him.
they’ve supposedly found some ukranian dude that was ‘very concerned’ about calls-
Cherry picking liberals who undoubtably are lying-
“He was spying for Ukraine in the White House.....”
.......
That’s a very important point that barely gets noticed by Rush or Hannity.
The guy is a freaking spy.
The “whistle blower” is a spy.
All the others are spies.
Come on Rush, get with the program. You got the “big voice”.
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He apparently is either not very bright, or a flat out liar- claiming Trump demanded quid pr quo when Pres Trump never did-
Another climbing careerist swamper. No doubt statement was written consultation with House Democrats and/or their coupist cut outs.
Bring the liar out!
They’re going to have to do better than this.
Unfortunately, they do not. The coupist just want new garbage for the Fake News cycle. They’ll move on to something else in a few days. This is all just a big time waster because the Dems don’t want to impeach POTUS just yet. They want to drag this out for a few more months before they impeach him.
Outrageous. Policy differences are not the stuff of impeachment. Trump was elected by the American people. This a** hole was not.
So many times and so many people objected to Obama’s dealings when I was in the military.
If that is what we want to start subpoenaing, let it be.
Wtf is this bull sht
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