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WASHINGTON - A senior White House official testified on Tuesday he was so alarmed by hearing U.S. President Donald Trump ask Ukraine’s president to investigate a political rival, Democrat Joe Biden, that he reported the matter to a White House lawyer.
Appearing on Capitol Hill in his military dress uniform, Vindman, a Ukraine-born U.S. citizen and decorated Iraq war combat veteran, became the first person to testify who listened in on the July 25 call at the heart of the Ukraine scandal. “I was concerned by the call,” Vindman said in his prepared opening statement to the three House committees conducting the 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.”
After the call, Vindman said he reported his concerns to the National Security Council’s lead counsel. “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. Biden, however, described Vindman as a hero, calling attacks on the Army officer’s character and loyalty “despicable.”After Vindman’s testimony, the Democratic Intelligence Committee chairman, Representative Adam Schiff, said he was “appalled” by the critical comments. “He deserves better than that scandalous attack,” Schiff told reporters.
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