Ukraine expert 'there was no doubt' the president was seeking investigations of political rivals'
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a Ukraine expert who listened to Trump’s July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said “there was no doubt” that Trump was seeking political investigations of political rivals, according to a transcript of his deposition.
The transcript was one of two made public Friday by House impeachment investigators, who also released one documenting the deposition of another National Security Council official, Fiona Hill, who also expressed concerns about efforts to pressure Ukraine.
The release of the transcripts came after acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney defied a subpoena and skipped a scheduled closed-door deposition at the Capitol.
Meanwhile, in a break with her father and leading congressional Republicans, Ivanka Trump said it was “not particularly relevant” to know the identity of the whistleblower whose complaint sparked the probe into Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden at a time when nearly $400 million in U.S. military aid was being withheld.
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