Vindman Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call

[applegrove]

Vindman Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call

October 29, 2019 at 9:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2019/10/29/vindman-sought-to-correct-transcript-of-trump-call/

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“Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, told House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that the White House transcript of a July call between President Trump and Ukraine’s president omitted crucial words and phrases, and that his attempts to restore them failed,” the New York Times reports.

“The omissions, Colonel Vindman said, included Mr. Trump’s assertion that there were recordings of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. discussing Ukraine corruption, and an explicit mention by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, of Burisma Holdings, the energy company whose board employed Mr. Biden’s son Hunter.”

“Colonel Vindman, who appeared on Capitol Hill wearing his dark blue Army dress uniform and military medals, told House impeachment investigators that he tried to change the reconstructed transcript made by the White House staff to reflect the omissions. But while some of his edits appeared to have been successful, he said, those two corrections were not made.”

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[Nevilledog]

1. I'm not understanding....

Tried to edit the memorandum? The transcript? Is he alleging that someone edited the official transcript?. How did he access it to make some corrections?

[California_Republic]

2. Am confused too he was working on the transcript that was to be released?

?? And it didn’t agree with the official transcript on the secret server?

[uponit7771]

3. Yes, that's how I understand it. Also, the server where they "hid" transcripts wasn't off limits to

... everyone IINM.

If you had clearance you could get transcripts but it looks like they edited the transcripts before entering them into the server.

Means they don't have the original... bastards

[Nevilledog]

5. So the memorandum is based on a doctored transcript?

We know there's approx 20 minutes of the call not reflected in the memo. I want more details on what's missing from where. And I really wanna know if, in fact, trump brought up the Biden's eight times.

[uponit7771]

6. RM is going through the details now, it was part of Vindman's job to edit rough transcripts.

[applegrove]

7. Does this outake clarify:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/politics/alexander-vindman-trump-ukraine.html

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His testimony about the reconstructed transcript, the aftermath of the call and a shadow foreign policy being run outside the National Security Council came as Democrats unveiled plans for a more public phase of the impeachment process. They plan to vote on Thursday to direct the Intelligence Committee to conduct public hearings and produce a report for the Judiciary Committee to guide its consideration of impeachment articles. The measure will also provide a mechanism for Republicans to request subpoenas for witnesses and give Mr. Trump’s lawyers a substantive role in the Judiciary Committee’s proceedings to mount a defense.

Some lawmakers indicated Colonel Vindman would make a good candidate to appear again at a public hearing next month.

It is not clear why some of Colonel Vindman’s changes were not made, while others he recommended were, but the decision by a White House lawyer to quickly lock down the reconstructed transcript subverted the normal process of handling such documents.

The note-takers and voice recognition software used during the July 25 call had missed Mr. Zelensky saying the word “Burisma,” but the reconstructed transcript does reference “the company,” and suggests that the Ukrainian president is aware that it is of great interest to Mr. Trump.

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[Nevilledog]

8. Thank you!

[uponit7771]

4. K&R, There's ***NO DOUBT*** Trump has everything related to Joe Biden bugged NO DOUBT