White House Ukraine Expert Sought to Correct Transcript of Trump Call
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON Lt. Col. Alexander S. 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 Ukraines president omitted crucial words and phrases, and that his attempts to restore them failed, according to three people familiar with the testimony.
The omissions, Colonel Vindman said, included Mr. Trumps assertion that there were recordings of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. discussing Ukraine corruption, and an explicit mention by Ukraines president, Volodymyr Zelensky, of Burisma Holdings, the energy company whose board employed Mr. Bidens 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.
Colonel Vindman did not testify to a motive behind the editing process. But his testimony is likely to drive investigators to ask further questions about how officials handled the call, including changes to the transcript and the decision to put it into the White Houses most classified computer system and whether those moves were meant to conceal the calls most controversial aspects.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/politics/alexander-vindman-trump-ukraine.html
Cover up confirmation.
groundloop
(11,519 posts)Nixon - 18 1/2 minute gap in tapes.
tRump - missing sections in transcripts.
Now if we can just get a new President and Vice President out of the process.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Just askin'
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)I didn't hear why though (watching Rachel Maddow read the NY Times story).
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)"On Thursday, Timothy Morrison, the National Security Councils Russia and Europe director, is scheduled to testify. And on Friday, investigators have called Robert Blair, a top national security adviser to Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff."
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)There is recording software, but apparently the listeners are there to certify the recording's accuracy and explain obscured dialogue.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)they supposedly removed all the "taping" systems out of the White House and they supposedly only use stenographers (several) to capture the conversations and meetings.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)Maybe they meant 'expert' in quotes.