Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was on the call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart and raised concerns about the conversation to a superior.
A former assistant U.S. attorney has said that Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman—set to testify before House committees Tuesday regarding President Donald Trump's interaction with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy—is a"star witness" whose experience will lend his testimony great significance.appeared on MSNBC Monday
A memo detailing parts of the call was released by the White House last month, prompting House Democrats to launchinto the president. The full transcript of the call has still not been released."We need to know everything surrounding the call," Rocah suggested. Vindman is on active duty with the U.S. Army and received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained during a combat tour in Iraq. He is also the director for European affairs on the National Security Council and was part of the U.S. delegation that traveled to Kiev for Zelenskiy's inauguration in May., Ukraine special envoy Kurt Volker and Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, who are all central to the House probe into the White House's Ukraine strategy.
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