{"id":38073,"date":"2019-10-29T09:28:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38073"},"modified":"2019-10-29T09:28:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:28:44","slug":"vindman-testifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/10\/29\/vindman-testifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Vindman Testifying"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who listened to Trump’s infamous Ukraine call, is testifying before House impeachment investigators,  I wish I could be a fly on that wall!<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"1029Vindman\" <\/p>\n

After Bill Taylor testified last week<\/a> to multiple corrupt quid pro quos between the Trump team and Ukraine, President Trump attacked him as a \u201cNever Trumper.\u201d<\/a> He did so despite the fact that Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, was selected for his job just a few months ago by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. <\/p>\n

Good luck trying to pull that with the latest big witness. <\/p>\n

Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman will become the latest official Tuesday to testify to a corrupt quid pro quo<\/a>. And he might be the most significant to date, given his profile and his proximity to some of the key events. <\/p>\n

According to his prepared testimony<\/a>, Vindman will say that European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland said after a July 10 meeting with a top Ukrainian official that a long-sought meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump depended upon Ukraine launching specific investigations \u2014 those involving former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, as well as a conspiracy theory about the origins of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Lawrence O’Donnell offers more detail.<\/font><\/p>\n

Army Officer Who Heard Trump’s Ukraine Call Voiced His Concerns To Superiors<\/a> <\/p>\n